naker

English

Alternative forms

• nakir

Etymology

From Old French nacaire, nacre (cognate with Italian nacchera, mediaeval Latin nacara), from Arabic نَقَّارَة (naqqāra, “drum”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈneɪkə/

Noun

naker (plural nakers)

1. (music) A small drum, of Arabic origin, and the forebear of the European kettledrum.
   • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:

     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.

Translations

type of drum

• Catalan: nacra (ca) f
• Finnish: naqqara
• Gujarati: નગારું (nagārũ)
• Hindi: नगाड़ा (hi) (nagāṛā)
• Malayalam: നഗാരം (nagāraṁ), നകാരം (ml) (nakāraṁ)
• Nepali: नगरा (nagarā)
• Odia: ନାଗରା (or) (nāgarā)
• Punjabi: ਨਗਾਰਾ (nagārā), ਨਗਾੜਾ (nagāṛā)
• Russian: нагара́ (ru) (nagará)
• Tamil: நகரா (ta) (nakarā)

Anagrams

• Karen, Kārēn, knare, ranke, karen, nerka, Krane, anker