sharqi means A hot desert wind in an Arabic country, especially in North Africa. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why this word is great
SHARQI — [Noun] A hot, dry, easterly wind blowing across North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. From Arabic شَرْقِيّ (šarqiyy, "eastern"), from شَرْق (šarq, "east"). Unlike the sirocco—which names that desert breath after its long, dust-gathering passage across the Mediterranean—or the khamsin, a seasonal affliction bound to a fifty-day count, the sharqi is the wind in its native, untranslated state. It is the rasp of grit against a stucco wall, the taut, parchment-dry feel of skin, and the way the horizon bleaches to a white-gold smear—a geographical sigh drawn from the heart of the dawn, against which all walls are built and all lives are subtly weathered.
noun
- 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.”