khamsin
11khamsin — noun Etymology: Arabic rīḥ al khamsīn the wind of the fifty (days between Easter and Pentecost) Date: 1685 a hot southerly Egyptian wind …
12khamsin — chamsin ou khamsin (kam sin ) s. m. Vent d Égypte qui souffle pendant cinquante jours, vingt cinq jours avant l équinoxe du printemps et autant après. ÉTYMOLOGIE Arabe, chamsin, cinquante. (kam sin ) s. m. Voy. chamsin …
13khamsin — kham•sin [[t]kæmˈsin, ˈkæm sɪn[/t]] n. mer a hot southerly wind that blows regularly in Egypt and over the Red Sea for about 50 days, commencing about the middle of March • Etymology: 1675–85; < Ar khamsīn lit., fifty …
14khamsin — /kamˈsin/ (say kahm seen) noun a violent hot southerly wind of Egypt and Libya, coming off the Sahara Desert usually in spring and carrying fine particles of sand. Also, khamseen. {Arabic (rih al) khamsin (the wind of) the fifty days (between… …
15khamsin — noun A hot wind in Egypt which blows (for about 50 days) from the desert, bringing with it sand. That second spring the khamseen was worse than I have ever known it before or since. Syn: khamaseen …
16KHAMSIN — (fifty), a hot sand wind which blows in Egypt from the desert for fifty days, chiefly before and after the month of May …
17khamsin — kham·sin s.m.inv. ES ar. {{wmetafile0}} TS meteor. in Egitto, vento caldo e secco proveniente dal deserto {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1837. ETIMO: ar. egiz. xamsīn, var. di xamsūn, propr. cinquanta …
18Khamsin — Kham|sin [kam...] vgl. ↑Kamsin …
19khamsin — n. dry and dusty hot southerly wind from the Sahara that blows across Egypt from March to May (also khamseen) …
20khamsin — A hot, dry southerly wind occurring in Egypt in the spring …
