טײַפֿון

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from English typhoon, possibly via German Taifun and/or Russian тайфу́н (tajfún).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /taɪ̯ˈfʊn/

Noun

טײַפֿון • (tayfun) m, plural טײַפֿונען (tayfunen)

  1. typhoon

References
  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “typhoon”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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