xlokk

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic شَلُوق (šalūq), شَلُوك (šalūk, “southeastern wind”), probably acquired through Italo-Romance, see Italian scirocco. A doublet may be at hand in xellug (“left”), which see.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃlɔk/

Noun

xlokk m

1. scirocco; sirocco (hot southeastern wind)
2. the southeast

Coordinate terms

• (compass points) punti tal-kumpass;

majjistral	tramuntana (xmiel)	grigal
punent (għarb)		lvant (xerq)
lbiċ	nofsinhar (qibla)	xlokk