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nagara

nagara noun: a drum used in folk music in the Caucasus region.

Noun

nagara (plural nagaras)

  1. A drum used in folk music in the Caucasus region.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Nagara

Nagara

  1. (alternative) Alternative spelling of Nakara.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Nagara

Nagara

  1. An ancient city in Afghanistan.
    Synonyms:
    Dionysopolis

Synonyms of nagara

  • Dionysopolis

Forms of nagara

Noun
pluralnagaras
Proper noun
alternative formNagarahara

Origin of nagara

Ultimately derived from Arabic نَقَّارَة (naqqāra). Doublet of nacre, naqareh, and nagada.

From Ancient Greek Νάγαρα (Nágara).

Questions about nagara

What does nagara mean?
Nagara means a drum used in folk music in the Caucasus region.
What part of speech is nagara?
Nagara can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of nagara?
The plural of nagara is nagaras.

Words near nagara in the dictionary

  1. nagapies
  2. Nagar
  3. Nagar Haveli
  4. nagar panchayat
  5. nagar panchayats
  6. nagara
  7. Nagarajan
  8. Nagarajans
  9. Nagaraju
  10. nagaras
  11. Nagaree

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nagara (page history and authors); Nagara (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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