أَخْنَعُ
Root: خنع
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أَخْنَعُ
, or إِلَى ٱللّٰهِ, The vilest and most abasing (أَذَلُّ and أَقْهَرُ) of names, for a man, and the most effectual to bring into a state of humility and humiliation, in the estimation of God, is “ king of kings; ” like [the Persian] شَاهِنْشَاهْ; because this name belongs to God himself: a trad., which is variously related: accord. to different relations, thus, and أَنْخَعُ, meaning “ most effectual to kill, and destroy, ” its owner, and أَبْخَعُ, [which means the same,] (K, TA, [in the CK اَنْجَعُ,]) and أَخْنَى, meaning “ most foul, abominable, or the like. ” (TA in art. خنى.)
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