khamsin

Their delay had been caused in part by the Khamsin wind, and in part by their sluggish movements.

It was another very hot day, with a khamsin blowing, and the hard, shelterless hill-sides were a poor place to spend it on.

O effendi, shall the camel-driver laugh when the camels are lost in the khamsin and the water-bottle is empty?

Give a man the egotism of grief, and eloquence, and popularity, and he'll cut as sharp as the khamsin wind.