transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]
also sci·roc·co shə-ˈrä-(ˌ)kō, sə-
( plural -cos )
Etymology: Italian scirocco, sirocco, alteration of Old Italian scilocco, from Arabic dialect (Maghreb) šlōq southeast wind, alteration of Arabic shalūq, shulūq
Date: 1617
1.
a. : a hot dust-laden wind from the Libyan deserts that blows on the northern Mediterranean coast chiefly in Italy, Malta, and Sicily
b. : a warm moist oppressive southeast wind in the same regions
2. : a hot or warm wind of cyclonic origin from an arid or heated region