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- Arabic · derived fromسَمُوم“hot wind”
- English todaysimoom
From Arabic سَمُوم (samūm, “hot wind”), from سَمَّ (samma, “to poison”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Today it means: A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind of the desert, particularly of Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains. Full definition →
Arabic سَمُوم