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R. Q. 1 خَنْخَنَ خنخن خنخنن , (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 شَيْئًا 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.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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