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خُنَّةٌ خان خن خنه خننه خنة 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.])
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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