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minakari

UK/miːnəˈkɑːɹi/

minakari noun: a type of enamelwork Persian jewellery, especially champlevé.

Noun

minakari (uncountable)

  1. A type of enamelwork Persian jewellery, especially champlevé.
    • I bent my head for Kausalya to put on the fourteen-stringed meenakari gold necklace.1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 165

Forms of minakari

alternative formmeenakari

Origin of minakari

From Urdu میناکاری (menākārī), from Persian [Term?].

Questions about minakari

What does minakari mean?
Minakari means a type of enamelwork Persian jewellery, especially champlevé.
What part of speech is minakari?
Minakari is a noun.
How do you pronounce minakari?
Minakari is pronounced /miːnəˈkɑːɹi/ (UK).

Words near minakari in the dictionary

  1. Minahassans
  2. Minahassian
  3. Minahassians
  4. minahs
  5. Minaic
  6. minakari
  7. Minako
  8. Minalabac
  9. Minalin
  10. minalrestat
  11. Minamata

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