articulated by means of partial or complete closing of the mouth, as at the velum, alveolar ridge or lips, so that all or part of the breath passes through the nose, as in pronouncing some consonants; nasal.

a nasal sound.

a consonant uttered with soft palate lowered and with passage of air through the nose; a nasal consonant (e.g.ṇa, na, ma etc.).

singing with a nasal sound, considered as a fault.