خن
العربية
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خن¹
- /xann/
Where it comes from
From Chinese 限 (MC heanX, “line, boundary”), considering also that, inversely, مُل (mul, “coastline”) is from a Dravidian term for an “angle or point of compass”. Perhaps later understood as related to خَان (ḵān), خَانَة (ḵāna, “space into which something is fitted”).
noun خَنّ · ḵann · أَخْنَان · الْخَنّ
- rhumb of the compass, a ¹⁄₃₂ angular measure
خن²
- /xunn/
Where it comes from
Blend of قُنّ (qunn) + خُمّ (ḵumm) both having this meaning. This blend is most widespread in Egypt up to the southwest corner of Syria.
noun خُنّ · ḵunn · أَخْنَان · الْخُنّ
- alternative form of خُمّ (ḵumm, “coop for fattened domestic birds, pen for poultry”)
خن³
- /xan.na/
verb خَنَّ · ḵanna · يَخِنُّ · خَنِين · خَانّ
- to twang, to speak with a nasal sound
In English
- rhumb a unit of angular measure equal to 1/32 of a circle or 11.25°
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