مَنْخِرٌ

, [the most common form,] originally, The place of the sound termed نَخِيرٌ. See 1. (Msb.)

And hence, (Msb,) The hold of the nose; the nostril; (S, Msb, K;) as also ↓ مِنْخِرٌ, (T, S, Msb, K,) with kesr to the م to agree with the vowel of the خ, like as they say مِنْتِنٌ [for مُنْتِنٌ], (S, Msb,) both of which words are extr., as مِفْعِلٌ is not one of the [regular] measures, (S,) and it is said that there is no word of this measure beside these two, (Msb,) or ↓ مِنْخِرٌ is for ↓ مِنْخِيرٌ, and in like manner مِنْتِنٌ is for مِنْتِينٌ, which is the original form, (T, TA,) and ↓ مِنْخَرٌ and ↓ مُنْخُرٌ (K) and ↓ مُنْخُورٌ, (S, Msb, K,) like عُصْفُورٌ (Msb) and مُلْمُولٌ, (K, [in the CK, erroneously, مَلْمُول]) which last is [said to be] of the dialect of Teiyi, (Msb,) and said to occur in a verse of Gheylán, but IB says that the right reading is مَنْحُور, with ح, synonym with نَحْرٌ: (Sgh, in article نحر; and L, in the present article) plural مَنَاخِرُ and مَنَاخِيرُ; (Msb;) [the latter irreg., unless plural of مِنْخِيرٌ or مُنْخُورٌ.]