khamseen

1 definition found

khamseen - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Kamsin \Kam*sin"\, Khamsin \Kham*sin"\, n. [Ar. khams[imac]n,
     fr. khams[=u]n, oblique case khams[imac]n, fifty; -- so
     called because it blows for about fifty days, from April till
     June.]
     A hot southwesterly wind in Egypt, coming from the Sahara.
     [Written also Khamseen.]
     [1913 Webster]