khamsin

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Определение khamsin в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

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.

{i} dry and dusty hot southerly wind from the Sahara that blows across Egypt from March to May (also khamseen)

a hot wind in Egypt which blows from the desert bringing with it sand

A hot southwesterly wind in Egypt, coming from the Sahara

Same as Kamsin

an oppressively hot southerly wind from the Sahara that blows across Egypt in the spring

Расстановка переносов

kham·sin

Синонимы

khamaseen

Этимология

() Egyptian Arabic خمسين (khamsīn, “fifty”).