طون

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From French thon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˤuːn/

Noun

طون • (ṭūn) m

1. tuna

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /don/
• Homophone: طوڭ (doñ, don)

Noun

طون • (don)

1. robe, raiment, garment, weed
2. color of a horse, equine coat
3. drawers, underpants, calottes, baggy trousers

Descendants

• Gagauz: don (“pants”)
• Turkish: don
• → Armenian: տոն (ton), դոն (don)

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طون”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1263

South Levantine Arabic

Noun

طون • (ṭōn) m

1. Alternative form of طنّ (ṭonn, “ton”)