simoom

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English - Turkish
samyeli
{i} sam yeli
(isim) sam yeli
English - English
A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind of the desert, particularity of Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains
{n} a hot, suffocating wind in sandy desarts
a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa
A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind, that blows occasionally in Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains
{i} hot dry dusty wind which frequently blows in the African and Asiatic deserts during the spring and summer
simoom

    Hyphenation

    si·moom

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    () Arabic سموم (samūm, “hot wind”) from سم (sámma, “to poison”).
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