haboob

Meaning

A violent duststorm or sandstorm in the deserts of Arabia, North Africa, India, or North America.

Synonyms

dust storm

sandstorm

golden jackal

Translations

Habub

tempesta de sorra

tempesta de pols

Sandsturm

Nordafrika

Staubsturm

Haboob

αμμοθύελλα

Βόρειος Αφρική

tempête de sable

Afrique du Nord

tempête de poussière

haboub

tempesta di sabbia

Africa del Nord

Pronounced as (IPA)

/həˈbuːb/

Etymology

[Alt: A large dust cloud over the city]
Borrowed from Arabic هَبُوب (habūb, “strong wind, gale; haboob”), from the root ه ب ب (h b b)
(“relating to wind blowing”).