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shamal
shamal (ʃəˈmɑːl) or shimaalna hot northwesterly windshamal
shamal[shə′mäl] (meteorology) The northwest wind in the lower valley of the Tigris and Euphrates and the Persian Gulf; it may set in suddenly at any time, and generally lasts from 1 to 5 days, dying down at night and freshening again by day; but in June and early July it continues almost without cessation (the great or 40-day shamal). shamalA gusty northwesterly wind that blows over Iraq and the Persian Gulf in the summer. |