naker

English

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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.

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈnakər/ [ˈna.kər]
  • Rhymes: -akər
  • Syllabification: na‧ker

Noun

naker (plural naker-naker)

  1. syllabic abbreviation of tenaga kerja (workforce)

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