خنن

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root describes a type of crying or sound characterized by nasality, often associated with suppressed or restrained weeping, but also with suppressed laughter. It implies a sound that is not a full sob or wail but rather a choked or nasalized vocalization.

Derived headwords

خَنَّverb

1.
to cry nasallyboth
To make a nasal sound while crying, characterized by a restrained or choked vocalization.
2.
to laugh nasallyclassical
To make a nasal sound while laughing, often suppressed or quiet laughter.

خَنِينnoun

1.
nasal cryingboth
A type of crying characterized by a sound that emerges from the nose, less than outright wailing or sobbing.
2.
nasal laughterclassical
A suppressed or quiet laughter that has a nasal quality.
3.
nasal soundboth
A sound that originates or is perceived as coming from the nose.

وهو بكاء المرأة تخن في بكائها — and it is the crying of a woman who cries nasally in her crying.

فغطى أصحاب رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، وجوههم لهم خنين — so the companions of the Messenger of God, peace be upon him, covered their faces, and they had a nasal sound (from suppressed emotion).

خَنِين الجاريةnoun

1.
a girl's nasal cryclassical
A specific type of nasal crying, likened to that of a young girl, implying a certain restrained or delicate quality.

إنك تخن خنين الجارية — Indeed, you cry with the nasal cry of a girl.

Parallel reading

الخنين من بكاء النساء: دون الانتحاب، وقيل: هو تردد البكاء حتى يصير في الصوت غنة

The khaneen (nasal crying) from the crying of women: less than outright wailing, and it is said: it is the repetition of crying until the sound becomes nasal.

وقيل: هو رفع الصوت بالبكاء

And it is said: it is raising the voice in crying.

وقيل: هو صوت يخرج من الأنف

And it is said: it is a sound that comes out of the nose.

خن يخن خنينا، وهو بكاء المرأة تخن في بكائها

He cries nasally, he cries nasally, a khaneen, and it is the crying of a woman who cries nasally in her crying.

إنك تخن خنين الجارية ؛ قال شمر: خن خنينا في البكاء إذا ردد البكاء في الخياشيم

Indeed, you cry with the nasal cry of a girl; Shamir said: he cries nasally, a khaneen, in crying when he repeats the crying in his nostrils.

والخنين يكون من الضحك الخافي أيضا

And the khaneen can also be from suppressed laughter.

الخنين كالبكاء في الأنف والضحك في الأنف

The khaneen is like crying in the nose and laughter in the nose.

وأجهشت إليه الجرشى، وارمعل خنينها

And Al-Jarsha cried out to him, and her nasal crying flowed.

أنه كان يسمع خنينه في الصلاة ؛ الخنين: ضرب من البكاء دون الانتحاب

That he used to hear his khaneen in prayer; the khaneen: a type of crying less than outright wailing.

وأصل الخنين خروج الصوت من الأنف كالحنين من الفم

And the origin of the khaneen is the exit of sound from the nose, like the hanin (moaning) from the mouth.

فغطى أصحاب رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، وجوههم لهم خنين

So the companions of the Messenger of God, peace be upon him, covered their faces, and they had a khaneen (nasal sound).