sharqi

alternative chergui · alternative sharki

1. no pluralA hot desert wind in an Arabic country, especially in North Africa.

   The sharqi is a wind from the south and southeast that blows in early summer and early winter.

   2010, April Fast, Iraq: The Land, third edition, p. 15

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   Then suddenly, with the least warning, the sky yellows and the Chergui blows in from the Sahara, stinging the eyes and choking with its sandy, sticky breath.

   1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 47

   The Ghibli is a hot wind in Libya, usually blowing from the Sahara; this wind in Morocco is called the Chergui.

   2005, Encyclopedia of World Climatology, page 749

   The harmattan, which is also called sharqi in Morocco, is a hot wind that blows out of the interior of the Sahara.

   2012, Morocco Baedecker Guide, page 24