A cord, (JK, S, Mgh, K,) or bow-string, or the like, (Mgh,) with which one is strangled; (JK, * S, * Mgh, K; *) also, metaphorically, termed خَنَّاقٍ↓مِخْنَقَةُ. (Mgh.)
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See also مُخَنَّقٌ, in two places.
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فَلْهَمٌ خِنَاقٌ (assumed tropical:) A narrow vulva of a woman: (Abu-l-'Abbás, TA:) and ↓خُنُقٌ [or فُرُوجُ خُنُقٌ, for خُنُقٌ is apparently plural of خِنَاقٌ, like as كُنُزٌ is plural of كِنَازٌ,] (assumed tropical:) narrow vulvas (IAar, K) of women. (IAar.)
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هُمْ فِى خِنَاقٍ مِنَ المَوْتِ (assumed tropical:) They are in straitness by reason of death. (TA.)