n. See simoom. [Turkish samyeli, from Ottoman Turkish sām yeli : Arabic sāmm, poisonous, poisonous thing, active participle of samma, to poison; see SIMOOM + Ottoman Turkish yeli, its wind (yel, wind from Old Turkic yéːl + -i, suffix indicating possession by a third person singular possessor, from Old Turkic).] |
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