KHAMSIN


Meaning of KHAMSIN in English

n.

Pronunciation: kam- ' s ē n

Function: noun

Etymology: Arabic r ī ḥ al-khams ī n the wind of the fifty (days between Easter and Pentecost)

Date: 1685

: a hot southerly Egyptian wind

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