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たいふう【台風・颱風】

taifuu

Pronunciation: [taiɸuː]

Definition

Noun

  1. A tropical storm or cyclone with violent wind and heavy rain: a typhoon, a hurricane, a tropical cyclone

Etymology

Cognate to Okinawan てーふー teefuu "typhoon, tropical cyclone, hurricane". Derived from Chinese 【大風・大风・颱風・台風・台风】 (lit.) "great wind" (cf. Mandarin táifēng or dàfēng "typhoon; windstorm"; Cantonese daai6 fung1 "typhoon"). Of debated or conflated origin, related to the eastern forms: Arabic طوفان ṭūfān, Hindi तूफ़ान tūfān, Persian طوفان tufân "typhoon; whirlwind; violent wind"; Greek τύφειν typhein "smoke".

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OrthographyForm
Kanji台風
颱風
Kanaたいふう
Romanizationtaifuu
Pronunciation (IPA)[taiɸuː]

意味:たいふう【台風・耐風・颱風】、ねったいていきあつ【熱帯低気圧】、おおかぜ【大風】、ハリケーン、サイクロン

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, July 30). たいふう【台風・颱風】 : taifuu | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, January 6, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/2285/taifuu/.