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hamsin

English

Noun

hamsin (plural hamsins)

  1. Alternative form of khamsin

Anagrams

  • Ishman, Mishna, minahs, nshima

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ??????.

Numeral

hàmsin f

  1. fifty

Synonyms

  • gomiya biyar

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khamsin

English

Alternative forms

  • chamsin
  • khamseen
  • kamsin
  • kamseen

Etymology

From Egyptian Arabic ????????? (?ams?n, fifty).

Noun

khamsin (plural khamsins)

  1. A hot wind in Egypt which blows (for about 50 days) from the desert, bringing with it sand.
    • 1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine, Faber 1968, p. 121:
      That second spring the khamseen was worse than I have ever known it before or since.

Synonyms

  • khamaseen

Translations

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