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Hamsin vs Khamsin - What's the difference?

hamsin | khamsin |

As nouns the difference between hamsin and khamsin

is that hamsin is while khamsin is a hot wind in egypt which blows (for about 50 days) from the desert, bringing with it sand.

hamsin

English

Noun

(en noun)

    • khamsin

    English

    Noun

    (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.

    • Synonyms

    *khamaseen

    Alternative forms

    * chamsin * khamseen * kamsin * kamseen