ghibli
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Etymology
From Italian ghibli, from the Libyan Arabic form of Standard Arabic قِبْلِيّ (qibliyy, “coming from the qibla”), pronounced with an initial [ɡ] in Libyan Arabic.
Pronunciation
Noun
ghibli (plural ghiblis)
- (Libya) sirocco
- 1895, John Greenleaf Whittier, “Song of Slaves in the Desert”, in The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, page 301:
- Strong the Ghiblee wind is blowing, / Strange and large the world is growing!
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic قِبْلِيّ (qibliyy, “coming from the qibla”), pronounced with an initial [ɡ] in Libyan Arabic.
Pronunciation
Noun
ghibli m (invariable)
- scirocco (a hot, dust-carrying desert wind in North Africa, somewhat similar to the foehn)
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