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khankhana

nasalize, twang

خَنْخَنَ

Word

Verb

Root

خ ن ن

Forms

Present
يُخَنْخِنُ
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ خَنْخَنَيُخَنْخِنُ—
she هِيَ خَنْخَنَتتُخَنْخِنُ—
they two (m.) هُما خَنْخَنايُخَنْخِنانِ—
they two (f.) هُما خَنْخَنَتاتُخَنْخِنانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ خَنْخَنُوايُخَنْخِنُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ خَنْخَنَّيُخَنْخِنَّ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ خَنْخَنْتَتُخَنْخِنُخَنْخِنْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ خَنْخَنْتِتُخَنْخِنِينَخَنْخِنِي
you two أَنْتُما خَنْخَنْتُماتُخَنْخِنانِخَنْخِنَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ خَنْخَنْتُمتُخَنْخِنُونَخَنْخِنُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ خَنْخَنْتُنَّتُخَنْخِنَّخَنْخِنْنَ
I أَنا خَنْخَنْتُأُخَنْخِنُ—
we نَحْنُ خَنْخَنّانُخَنْخِنُ—

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 10 entries
  • خَنَّ Form I He made a sound from the nose, like
    , (Sh, S, K,) aor. يَخِنٌّ, (S, K,) inf. n. خَنِينٌ, (Sh, S, *, K * TA,) He made a sound from the nose, like حَنِين from the mouth: (TA:) he made a sound like weeping, (S, *, K * TA,) and (so in the S, but in the K “ or ”) like laughing, in the nose: (S, * K, * TA:) he reiterated a sound of weeping in the air-passages of the nose; and sometimes خَنِينٌ is [the reiterating a sound in the nose] from faint laughing: (Sh, TA:) or he laughed faintly. (JK.) [See also خَنِينٌ below.] -A2- خُنَّ He (a camel) was affected with the disease termed خُنَان: (JK, TA:) [and in like manner, a bird: see مَخْنُونٌ.]
  • اخنّهُ ٱللّٰهُ Form IV God caused him to be bereft of reason; or mad, insane
    i. q. أَجَنَّهُ [God caused him to be bereft of reason; or mad, insane, &c.]. (Lh, K.)
  • خَنْخَنَ He snuffled
    , (TA,) inf. n. خَنْخَنَةٌ, (JK, S, K, TA,) [like خَمْخَمَ,] He snuffled; i. e., spoke through his nose: (TA:) he spoke indistinctly, making a sort of twang (يُخَنْخِنُ) in his خَيَاشِيم [or air-passages of the nose]. (JK, S, K.) A poet says, " خَنْخَنَ لِى فِى قَوْلِهِ سَاعَةً فَقَالَ لِى شَيْيأًا وَلَمْ أَسْمَعِ " [He snuffled to me in his speech awhile, and said to me something, but I heard not]. (TA.) ― -b2- خَنْخَنَةٌ also signifies The crying of the ape. (IAar, TA.)
  • خُنَّةٌ A nasal sound or twang; or a snuffling sound
    i. q. غُنَّةٌ [i. e. A nasal sound or twang; or a snuffling sound]; (JK, K;) the latter word explained by Mbr as meaning a mixture of the sound of the خَيْشُوم [or air-passage of the nose] in the pronunciation of a letter or word; (TA;) as also ↓ مَخَنَّةٌ: (K:) or the first is like غُنَّةٌ; (S, K;) as also ↓ خَنَنٌ: (ISd, TA:) or, (Mbr, K,) as also ↓ مَخَنَّةٌ, (TA,) louder than غُنَّةٌ: (Mbr, K, TA:) or more open than غُنَّةٌ: (K, TA. [In the CK, أَقْبَحُ is put in the place of أَفْتَحُ.])
  • خَنَنٌ Open entry
    : see what next precedes.
  • خُنَانٌ A certain disease that attacks in the nose
    A certain disease that attacks in the nose: (S, TA:) a disease that attack camels in their nostrils, and from which they die; (As, TA;) a rheum that affects camels; (K;) in camels, like the زُكَام in human beings. (JK.) زَمَنُ الخُنَانِ [The time of the خنان] was in the age of ElMundhir Ibn-Má-es-Semà; in consequence thereof the camels died: (K:) it is well known with the Arabs, is mentioned in their verses, (TA,) and became an era to them. (As, TA.) ― -b2- Also A certain disease that attacks birds in their throats. (S, M, K.) ― -b3- And A certain disease in the eye. (M, K.)
  • خَنِينٌ issuing of a sound from the nose, like
    The issuing of a sound from the nose, like حَنِينٌ from the mouth: [see حَنِينٌ, in two places:] this is the primary signification: (TA:) and it is [the making a sound] like weeping, and (so in the S, but in the K “ or ”) like laughing, in the nose: (S, K:) IB says that there is a kind of خنين like weeping in the nose: (TA:) or a weeping of women, (JK,) or a kind of weeping, (IAth, TA,) less than what is termed اِنْتِحَابٌ: (JK, IAth, TA:) and a faint laughing. (JK.) [See also 1.] ― -b2- And Stoppages in the خَيَاشِيم [or air-passages of the nose]. (TA.)
  • أَخَنٌّ Having a nasal twang
    i. q. أَغَنٌّ [as meaning Having a nasal twang]; (S, K, TA;) who snuffles; i. e., speaks from [i. e. through] his nose: (TA voce أَدْغَمُ:) [or] as meaning having the خَيَاشِيم [or airpassages of the nose] stopped up: or, as some say, having the خياشيم [here app. meaning certain cartilages in the upper, or inmost, part of the nose] delapsed: [see 1 in art. خشم:] fem. خَنَّآءُ: (TA:) and pl. خُنٌّ. (S, K.)
  • مَخَنَّةٌ nose
    : see خُنَّةٌ, in two places. -A2- Also The nose: (S, K:) written by J [accord. to some of the copies of the S, but not accord. to all,] with kesr to the م: (TA:) or the extremity thereof. (K.) -A3- And i. q. مَأْكَلَةٌ: so in the phrase, فُلَانٌ مَخَنَّةٌ لِفُلَانٍ [Such a one is to such a one a person from whom to obtain what to eat]. (S, K.) ― -b2- You say also, البِطِّيخُ لِى مَخَنَّةٌ i. e. [The melon, or water-melon, is to me] a usual food. (JM.)
  • مَخْنُونٌ affected with the disease termed خُنَان
    A camel, and a bird, affected with the disease termed خُنَان. (TA.) ― -b2- And i. q. مَجْنُونٌ [Bereft of reason; or mad, insane, &c.]. (Lh, K.) [See R. Q. 1 in art. خم.]

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