English Explanatory Dictionary

ghibli

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. sirocco

Pronunciation

/ˈɡɪbli/

Word forms

ghibli ghiblis

Etymology

From Italian ghibli, from the Libyan Arabic form of Standard Arabic قِبْلِيّ (qibliyy, “coming from the qibla”), pronounced with an initial [ɡ] in Libyan Arabic. Distant doublet of cabal.

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