khamaseen
nounEtymology Borrowed from Egyptian Arabic خماسين (ḵamasīn, “fifties”), plural of خمسين (“fifty”).
1
Alternative Alternative form of khamsin (“hot wind in Egypt”).
2
An oppressive, hot, dusty, south or south-east wind occurring elsewhere in North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Levant, intermittently in late winter through late spring.
3
According to the Turkish Calendar of Storms, a storm of three days, to be expected around February 1.