Tufan (name)

Tufan is a Sanskrit Indo-European given name and surname. In Persian it means "violent rainstorm".

This word is common amongst all Sanskrit origin Indo-European / Indo-Germanic languages, including Persian, Dari, Urdu, Indian, English, Tajik, Pashto, Turkish etc. It was later incorporated into the semitic languages including Arabic during and after the Arab expansion Era into surrounding countries.

Surname

 * Ozan Tufan (born 1995), Turkish football player