Save Gender Feminine Usage Arabic, Indonesian, Urdu Scripts خنساء(Arabic, Urdu) Pronounced Pron. /xan.ˈsaːʔ/(Arabic) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Means "snub-nosed, pug-nosed" in Arabic, the feminine form of أخنس (ʾakhnas). This was the nickname of Tumadir bint Amr, a 7th-century Arabian tribeswoman and poetess who was most famous for her elegies.