sharavn.
/ʃaˈrav/ A hot desert wind occurring in the Middle East in April and May; = khamsin n.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > hot or warm wind > hot or warm and dry > from African and Asiatic deserts
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1968 Listener 27 June 827/2 In Crete they really cannot help it if the killingly hot sharav has blown across from the Levant.
1969 O. Hesky Sequin Syndicate ix. 96 Mornings when the sharav would blow.
1973 New Scientist 14 June 670 Ill winds such as the Föhn in Germany and the Sharav in the Near East can produce a malaise in humans.
1980 Times 4 Sept. 2/6 Seasonal ‘ill-winds’ such as the Mediterranean föhn and sirocco and the Middle Eastern sharav.
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