scirocco

Meaning

sirocco (hot southerly to southeasterly wind)

Concepts

sirocco

Synonyms

tempesta di sabbia

Translations

siroco

Scirocco

Schirokko

sirocco

xaloc

αμμοθύελλα

sud-est

tempête de sable

tempête de poussière

vent du sud-est

siroco

stofstorm

zandstorm

tempestade de areia

xaroco

Hyphenated as

sci‧ròc‧co

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃiˈrɔk.ko/

Etymology

Likely from Old Occitan eissalot and its variants (e.g. eyssiroc), from Massalian Ancient Greek *ἐξαλώτης (*exalṓtēs), from ἔξαλος (éxalos, "out of the sea" → "wind from the southeast"). Traditionally thought to be a derivative of Arabic شرق (šarq, “east”). Akin to Italian barocco. Compare Sicilian sciroccu.