خن

1 خَنَّ خان خن خنن , (Sh, S, K,) aor. يَخِنٌّ, (S, K,) inf. n. خَنِينٌ, (Sh, S, *, K * TA,) He made a sound from the nose, like حَنِين from the mouth: (TA:) he made a sound like weeping, (S, *, K * TA,) and (so in the S, but in the K “ or ”) like laughing, in the nose: (S, * K, * TA:) he reiterated a sound of weeping in the air-passages of the nose; and sometimes خَنِينٌ is [the reiterating a sound in the nose ] from faint laughing: (Sh, TA:) or he laughed faintly. (JK.) [See also خَنِينٌ below.] -A2- خُنَّ He (a camel) was affected with the disease termed خُنَان: (JK, TA:) [and in like manner, a bird: see مَخْنُونٌ.]