Khamsin Definition

kăm-sēn
noun
A hot south wind from the Sahara that blows in the Near East, esp. Egypt, from late March until early May.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Khamsin

Noun

Singular:
khamsin
Plural:
khamsins

Origin of Khamsin

  • Arabic (rīḥ al-)ḫamsīn (wind of the) 50 (days), khamsin from oblique case of ḫamsūn fifty from ḫams five ḫmš in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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

    From Wiktionary

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