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Etymology
Borrowed from Egyptian Arabic خَمَاسِين (ḵamasīn, “fifties”), plural of خَمْسُون (“fifty”).
Noun
khamaseen (plural khamaseens or khamaseen)
- Alternative form of khamsin (“hot wind in Egypt”)
- An oppressive, hot, dusty, south or south-east wind occurring elsewhere in North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Levant, intermittently in late winter through late spring.
- According to the Turkish Calendar of Storms, a storm of three days, to be expected around February 1.
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