naker

naker

English

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.

Synonyms

• nakir

Translations

type of drum

Catalan: nacra (ca) f Finnish: naqqara Gujarati: નગારું (nagārũ) Hindi: नगाड़ा (hi) (nagāṛā) Malayalam: നഗാരം (nagāraṃ), നകാരം (ml) (nakāraṃ)

Nepali: नगरा (nagarā) Oriya: ନାଗରା (or) (nagôra) Punjabi: ਨਗਾਰਾ (nagārā), ਨਗਾੜਾ (nagāṛā) Russian: нагара́ (ru) (nagará) Tamil: நகரா (ta) (nakarā)

Anagrams

• Karen, anker, ranke