ತುಫಾನು

Kannada

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (tūfān), from Arabic طُوفَان (ṭūfān). Compare Bengali তুফান (tuphan), Marathi तुफान (tuphān), Punjabi ਤੁਫਾਨ (tuphān), Sylheti ꠔꠥꠚꠣꠘ (tufáno), English typhoon.

Noun

ತುಫಾನು • (tuphānu)

(meteorology) tornado

Synonyms

ಬಿರುಗಾಳಿ (birugāḷi)
ಸುಂಟರಗಾಳಿ (suṇṭaragāḷi)

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