different between khamaseen vs khamsin
khamaseen
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)
- 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.
- According to the Turkish Calendar of Storms, a storm of three days, to be expected around February 1.
- 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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khamsin
English
Alternative forms
- chamsin
- khamseen
- kamsin
- kamseen
Etymology
From Egyptian Arabic ????????? (?ams?n, “fifty”).
Noun
khamsin (plural khamsins)
- 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.
- 1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine, Faber 1968, p. 121:
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- khamaseen
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