طوفان t̤ūfān A (from طوف To go round, to encircle; or, rather, Ch. and Syr. from Ch. and To drop, to flow, to overflow) s. m. 1. An inundation or deluge. 2. The universal deluge. 3. A hurricane, a storm of wind and rain (analog. to Gr. *tufwn). طوفان طرازي t̤ūfān-t̤arāz-ī, s. f. Deluge-making. 4. (met.) Calumny, defama- tion. طوفان لگانا t̤ūfān lagānā, or طوفان لينا