خَنْخَنَ

Root: خن

Form: R. Q. 1

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خَنْخَنَ

R. Q. 1 Verbal.Noun خَنْخَنَةٌ, [like خَمْخَمَ,] He snuffled; i. e., spoke through his nose: he spoke indistinctly, making a sort of twang (يُخَنْخِنُ) in his خَيَاشِيم [or air-passages of the nose]. 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].
2 خَنْخَنَةٌ also signifies The crying of the ape.

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