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haboob

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /hæˈbuːb/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /hə-/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /hæˈbub/
  • rhymes with -uːb

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noun

Meaning 1

A violent duststorm or sandstorm in the deserts of Arabia, North Africa, India, or North America.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonym: duster

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: duster

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: duststorm, sandstorm

History

Etymology

[Alt: A large dust cloud over the city] Borrowed from Arabic هَبُوب (habūb, “strong wind, gale; haboob”), from the root ه ب ب (h b b) (“relating to wind blowing”).

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: هَبُوب (habūb) — violent duststorm or sandstorm
  • Bihari: हबूब — violent duststorm or sandstorm
  • Bulgarian: хабу́б (habúb) — violent duststorm or sandstorm
  • Catalan: haboob — violent duststorm or sandstorm
  • Dutch: haboob — violent duststorm or sandstorm
  • Esperanto: habubo — violent duststorm or sandstorm
  • Finnish: haboob — violent duststorm or sandstorm
  • French: haboob — violent duststorm or sandstorm
  • Galician: habub — violent duststorm or sandstorm
  • German: Haboob — violent duststorm or sandstorm
  • German: Habub — violent duststorm or sandstorm
  • Greek: χαμπούμπ (champoúmp) — violent duststorm or sandstorm
  • Hindi: हबूब (habūb) — violent duststorm or sandstorm
  • Italian: haboob — violent duststorm or sandstorm
  • Japanese: ハブーブ (habūbu) — violent duststorm or sandstorm
  • Kazakh: хабуб (xabub) — violent duststorm or sandstorm
  • Korean: 하부브 (habubeu) — violent duststorm or sandstorm
  • Kyrgyz: хабуб (habub) — violent duststorm or sandstorm
  • Newar: हबूब (habūba) — violent duststorm or sandstorm
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: haboob — violent duststorm or sandstorm
  • Persian: هبوب — violent duststorm or sandstorm
  • Polish: habub — violent duststorm or sandstorm
  • Portuguese: habub — violent duststorm or sandstorm
  • Russian: саму́м (samúm) — violent duststorm or sandstorm
  • Slovene: habub — violent duststorm or sandstorm
  • Spanish: haboob — violent duststorm or sandstorm
  • Ukrainian: хабуб (xabub) — violent duststorm or sandstorm