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- Egyptian Arabic · borrowed fromخماسين“fifties”
- English todaykhamaseen
Borrowed from Egyptian Arabic خماسين (ḵamasīn, “fifties”), plural of خمسين (“fifty”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
khamaseen
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
Egyptian Arabic خماسين