χαμσίνι

Greek

Alternative forms
  • χαμσίν (chamsín), χαμψίν (champsín) — indeclinable
  • χαμψίνι (champsíni)

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian Arabic خَمْسِين (ḵamsīn).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /xam.si.ni/
  • Hyphenation: χαμ‧σί‧νι

Noun

χαμσίνι • (chamsíni) n (plural χαμσίνια)

  1. (Standard Modern Greek, Egyptiot) khamsin (a hot wind in Egypt)

Declension
declension of χαμσίνι
case     \     number singular plural
nominative χαμσίνι • χαμσίνια •
genitive χαμσινιού • χαμσινιών •
accusative χαμσίνι • χαμσίνια •
vocative χαμσίνι • χαμσίνια •
The genitives (especially of plural) are rare.

References
  • Δελβερούδη, Ρέα (Delveroúdi, Réa) (2019 October 22) Αιγυπτιώτικα: ένα γλωσσικό ιδίωμα υπό εξαφάνιση (;) [Egyptiot: an idiom under extinction (?)] (Language, society and ethnography)‎ (in Greek), University of the Aegean
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