خُنَّةٌ
Root: خن
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خُنَّةٌ
i. q.
غُنَّةٌ [i. e. A nasal sound or twang; or a snuffling sound]; 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; as also
مَخَنَّةٌ : or the first is like
غُنَّةٌ; as also
خَنَنٌ : or, as also
مَخَنَّةٌ , louder than
غُنَّةٌ: or more open than
غُنَّةٌ: (K, TA. [In the CK, أَقْبَحُ is put in the place of أَفْتَحُ.])
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