different between dusty vs khamaseen

English

Etymology

From Middle English dusty, dusti, from Old English d?sti?, dysti?, d?sti? (“dusty”), equivalent to dust +? -y. Cognate with Dutch donzig (“cottony, downy, woolly”), German dunstig (“hazy, misty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?sti/
• Rhymes: -?sti
• Homophone: dustee

Adjective

dusty (comparative dustier, superlative dustiest)

1. Covered with dust.
2. Powdery and resembling dust.
3. Grey in parts.
4. (African-American Vernacular, slang) Ugly, disgusting (a general term of abuse)

Synonyms

• (covered with dust): dust-ridden

Derived terms

• dusty miller

Translations

Anagrams

• Dutys, Duyst, study

Middle English

Alternative forms

• dusti

Etymology

From Old English d?sti?; equivalent to dust +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dusti?/, /?du?sti?/

Adjective

dusty

1. dusty, dust-covered
2. like dust, powdery

Related terms

• dust

Descendants

• English: dusty
• Scots: dusty, disty

References

• “d??st?, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-04.

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.

Translations

Anagrams

• manakeesh