KHAMSIN


Meaning of KHAMSIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kam-ˈsēn ]

noun

Etymology: Arabic rīḥ al-khamsīn the wind of the fifty (days between Easter and Pentecost)

Date: 1685

: a hot southerly Egyptian wind

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