khamaseen

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian Arabic خَمَاسِين‎ (ḵamasīn, “fifties”), plural of خَمْسُون‎ (“fifty”).

Noun

khamaseen (plural khamaseens or khamaseen)

  1. Alternative form of khamsin (“hot wind in Egypt”)
  2. An oppressive, hot, dusty, south or south-east wind occurring elsewhere in North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Levant, intermittently in late winter through late spring.
  3. According to the Turkish Calendar of Storms, a storm of three days, to be expected around February 1.

Translations
khamsin — see khamsin
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