fesh-fesh

noun

Fine dust (sand) that looks like solid ground but behaves like soft mud.

OriginArabic [Term?] →
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounfesh-fesh (uncountable)
  1. uncountableFine dust (sand) that looks like solid ground but behaves like soft mud.

    Riding a bike into fesh-fesh is a very trying, if not disastrous, experience.

    2008, Lawrence Hacking, Wil De Clercq, To Dakar and Back: 21 Days Across North Africa by Motorcycle
    2 more examples

    Then he plummeted into the desert and struck the fesh-fesh with ghastly impact.

    1985, Richard Sale, For the president's eyes only

    The markers returned but the fesh-fesh was becoming worse. There had been a recent sandstorm.

    1987, Trevor Mostyn, Coming of age in the Middle East, page 40

Origin

  1. Arabic[Term?]
  2. Englishfesh-fesh

From Arabic [Term?]

More words from Arabic

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

fesh-fesh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fesh-fesh

MLA

“fesh-fesh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fesh-fesh. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fesh-fesh,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fesh-fesh.

Source: fesh-fesh on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.