simoom
/sɪˈmuːm/
simoom noun: a hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind of the desert, particularly of Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains.
Noun
simoom (plural simooms)
- A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind of the desert, particularly of Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains.
- Indeed, every appearance warranted me in apprehending a Simoon [sic]. I told the captain my fears; but he paid no attention to what I said, and left me without deigning to give a reply.1833, Edgar Allan Poe, MS. Found in a Bottle
- The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.1892, James Yoxall, chapter 5, in The Lonely Pyramid
simoom meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Arabic
simoom in Hindi
- hot, dry wind
- समूम samūm
simoom in Marathi
- hot, dry wind
- समूम samūm
simoom in Urdu
- hot, dry wind
- سَمُوم samūm
simoom in Arabic
- hot, dry wind
- سَمُوم samūm
More languagesFewer languages
- simoom in Malay
- samum
- simoom in Persian
- سموم samum
Forms of simoom
| plural | simooms |
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Origin of simoom
From Arabic سَمُوم (samūm, “hot wind”), from سَمَّ (samma, “to poison”).
Words that rhyme with simoom
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- gloom
- home
- presume
- whom
- womb
- resume
- tomb
- abloom
- legume
- loom
- rheum
- backroom
- boardroom
- combe
- coomb
- entomb
- enwomb
- exhume
- flume
- grume
- kaboom
- Khartoum
- neume
- packing room
- shroom
- sloom
- subsume
- absume
- addoom
- anteroom
- barroom
- bitume
- brume
- chum
- cloom
- cwm
- desume
- fixing room
- foredoom
- fwoom
- glume
- illume
- khoum
- locker room
- raying room
- spume
- thoom
- toom
Questions about simoom
- What does simoom mean?
- Simoom means a hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind of the desert, particularly of Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains.
- What is simoom in Hindi?
- Simoom in Hindi is समूम (samūm). See Simoom meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is simoom?
- Simoom is a noun.
- How do you pronounce simoom?
- Simoom is pronounced /sɪˈmuːm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of simoom?
- The plural of simoom is simooms.
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