Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - typhoon
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Typhoon
typhoon
noun Etymology: alteration (influenced by Chinese — Guangdong — daaih-fung, from daaih big + fung wind) of earlier touffon, from Arabic ?ufan hurricane, from Greek typhon violent storm Date: 1771 1. a hurricane occurring especially in the region of the Philippines or the China sea 2. whirlwind 2a a ~ of activity
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n. a violent hurricane in E. Asian seas. Derivatives typhonic adj. Etymology: partly f. Port. tuf|o f. Arab. tufan perh. f. Gk tuphon whirlwind; partly f. Chin. dial. tai fung big wind ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- 1555, "violent storm, hurricane," from Gk. typhon "whirlwind," personified as a giant, father of the winds, perhaps from typhein "to smoke." Or borrowed from Chinese (Cantonese) tai fung "a great wind," from tu "big" + feng "wind;" name given to violent cyclonic storms in the China seas. A third possibility is tufan, a word in Arabic, Persian and Hindi meaning "big cyclonic storm," which may be from the Gk., or from Ar. tafa "to turn round." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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