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1 شَخَرَ ذ , aor. شَخِرَ , inf. n. شَخِيرٌ (S, K) and شَخْرٌ, (K,) He raised his voice, with snorting; said of an ass: (S:) he uttered a sound from the fauces: or from the nose: (K:) or from the mouth, without the nose: (TA:) he (a horse) neighed: (K:) or uttered a sound after neighing: (TA:) or uttered a sound from his mouth, (K, TA,) without the nose: (TA:) As says that among the sounds made by horses are those termed شَخِيرٌ and نَخِيرٌ and كَرِيرٌ; the first of which is from the mouth; the second, from the nostrils; and the third, from the chest: some say that شَخَرَ is like نَخَرَ [he snorted]. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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