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chergui

chergui is the alternative form of sharqi.

Meaning of sharqi

Noun

sharqi (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural) A hot desert wind in an Arabic country, especially in North Africa.
    • 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.1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 47

Questions about chergui

What is chergui the alternative form of?
Chergui is the alternative form of sharqi.

Words near chergui in the dictionary

  1. Cherepovets
  2. Cherethim
  3. Cherethite
  4. Cherethites
  5. cheretta
  6. chergui
  7. Cherhill
  8. Cheri
  9. Cherian
  10. Cherians
  11. Cheribon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chergui (page history and authors); sharqi (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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