טײַפֿון

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Yiddish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

טײַפֿון (tayfunm, plural טײַפֿונען (tayfunen)

  1. typhoon

References[edit]

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