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Khamaseen

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of khamsin (“hot wind in Egypt”). alt-of, alternative
  2. 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. 3
    According to the Turkish Calendar of Storms, a storm of three days, to be expected around February 1.

Etymology

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

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