sharqi

sharqi

English

Alternative forms

• chergui

Etymology

From Arabic شَرْقِيّ‎ (šarqiyy, “eastern”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: shar‧qi

Noun

sharqi (plural not attested)

1. A hot desert wind in an Arabic country, especially in North Africa.
   • 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 47:

     Then suddenly, with the least warning, the sky yellows and the Chergui blows in from the Sahara, stinging the eyes and choking with its sandy, sticky breath.

   • 2005, Encyclopedia of World Climatology, p. 749:

     The Ghibli is a hot wind in Libya, usually blowing from the Sahara; this wind in Morocco is called the Chergui.

   • 2010, April Fast, Iraq: The Land, third edition, p. 15:

     The sharqi is a wind from the south and southeast that blows in early summer and early winter.

   • 2012, Morocco Baedecker Guide, p. 24:

     The harmattan, which is also called sharqi in Morocco, is a hot wind that blows out of the interior of the Sahara.