خن

Meaning

Noun

rhumb of the compass, a ¹⁄₃₂ angular measure

Verb

to twang, to speak with a nasal sound

Concepts

betray

brooder

chicken coop

deceive

fail

nasalize

nasal twang

obscene

ruin

twang

wear down

afflict

be obscene

Etymology

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”).