ghibli

American  

[gib-lee] / ˈgɪb li /

noun

1. a hot dust-bearing wind of the North African desert.

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ghibli British  

/ ˈɡɪblɪ /

noun

1. a fiercely hot wind of North Africa

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Etymology

Origin of ghibli

First recorded in 1820–25; from dialectal Arabic gibli “south wind,” akin to Arabic qiblī literally, “southern”

Example Sentences

Mirages, the blistering wind called ghibli, sand blizzards, lack of cover, germs and salt in wells�all constitute hazards often more dangerous than point-blank enemy.

From Time Magazine Archive

The operators, returning to camp, refused to make the trip as the thermometer registered 60 centigrade at five hundred meters, stating a ghibli was raging at a higher altitude.

From Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight by Holt, Mathew Joseph