خُنَّةٌ

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