simoom

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Pronunciation

• (RP, America) enPR: sĭmo͞omʹ; IPA: /sɪˈmuːm/

Noun

simoom (plural simooms)

1. A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind of the desert, particularity of Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains.
   • 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, p.101)

     Stephen's heart had withered up like a flower of the desert that feels the simoom coming from afar.

Translations

• French: simoun
• German: Samum
• Italian: simun
• Portuguese: simum
• Russian: саму́м

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