Where does “ghibli” come from?
ghibli (English) comes from Italian ghibli, from Arabic قِبْلِيّ, from Arabic قِبْلَة — which is opposite.
ghibli (English): sirocco
Ancestry of “ghibli”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | ghibli | scirocco |
| 2 | Arabic | قِبْلِيّ | coming from the qibla |
| 3 | Arabic | قِبْلَة | which is opposite |