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naker en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈneɪkə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French nacaire, nacre (cognate with Italian nacchera, mediaeval Latin nacara), ultimately derived from Arabic نَقَّارَة (naqqāra, “drum”). Doublet of nacre.

Meanings

1. A small drum, of Arabic origin, and the forebear of the European kettledrum.
   • the Norman trumpets from the battlements […], mingled with the deep and hollow clang of the nakers, (a species of kettle-drum,) retorted in notes of defiance the challenge of the enemy. 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:

Forms

Translations (12)

fi naqqara (type of drum) · hi नगाड़ा (type of drum) · ne नगरा (type of drum) · pa ਨਗਾਰਾ (type of drum) · gu નગારું (type of drum) · ru нагара́ (type of drum) · pa ਨਗਾੜਾ (type of drum) · ml നകാരം (type of drum) · ml നഗാരം (type of drum) · ca nacra (type of drum) · ta நகரா (type of drum) · or ନାଗରା (type of drum)