ghibli
English
Etymology
Italian ghibli, from the Libyan Arabic form of Standard Arabic قِبْلِيّ (qibliyy, “coming from the qibla”), pronounced with an initial [ɡ] in Libyan Arabic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɪbli/
Noun
ghibli (plural ghiblis)
- (Libya) sirocco
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic قِبْلِيّ (qibliyy, “coming from the qibla”), pronounced with an initial [ɡ] in Libyan Arabic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡi.bli/
- Rhymes: -ibli
- Hyphenation: ghì‧bli
Noun
ghibli m (invariable)
- scirocco (a hot, dust-carrying desert wind in North Africa, somewhat similar to the foehn)