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noun
A hot, dry wind, common in Egypt, Sudan and the Levant towards the end of March and April, which blows (for about 50 days each year) from the desert, bringing with it hot weather and sand / sandstorms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
an oppressively hot southerly wind from the Sahara that blows across Egypt in the spring
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: wind, air current, current of air
History
From Egyptian Arabic خَمْسِين (ḵamsīn, “fifty”); see khamaseen for more.
Across languages
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