different between cyclonic vs khamaseen

English

Etymology

cyclone +? -ic

Adjective

cyclonic (comparative more cyclonic, superlative most cyclonic)

1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone.
   • 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter I, [1]

     The wind was blowing in cyclonic fashion, but not a drop of rain fell.
2. (meteorology) Rotating in the same direction as the Earth i.e. anticlockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.

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English

Etymology

The name is derived from the Egyptian Arabic ?????????? (?amas?n, “fifties”), from Arabic ?????????? (?am?s?n), plural of Arabic ????????? (?ams?n, “fifty”).

Noun

khamaseen (plural khamaseens)

1. A cyclonic-type wind that is common in Egypt and Sudan towards the end of March and April of each year. Hot weather ensues, as well as sandstorms.
2. According to the Turkish Calendar of Storms, a storm of three days, to be expected around February 1.
3. An oppressive, hot, dusty, south or south-east wind occurring in North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Levant, intermittently in late winter through late spring.

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