Where does “တိုင်ဖွန်း” come from?

တိုင်ဖွန်း (Burmese) comes from English typhoon, from Portuguese tufão, from Arabic طُوفَان, from Classical Syriac ܛܰܘܦܳܢܳܐ.

တိုင်ဖွန်း (Burmese): typhoon

Definitions

  1. typhoon

Ancestry of “တိုင်ဖွန်း”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtyphoonA weather phenomenon in the northwestern Pacific...
2Portuguesetufãotyphoon
3Arabicطُوفَانstorm, flood; storm; typhoon; storm, deluge,...
4Classical Syriacܛܰܘܦܳܢܳܐ—
Every word from Classical Syriac ܛܰܘܦܳܢܳܐ →Every word from Arabic طُوفَان →Every word from Portuguese tufão →