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/
  • Rhymes: -ɪbli

Noun

ghibli (plural ghiblis)

  1. (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)

  1. scirocco (a hot, dust-carrying desert wind in North Africa, somewhat similar to the foehn)
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