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nakir

nakir is the alternative form of naker.

Meaning of naker

Noun

naker (plural nakers)

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

Forms of nakir

pluralnakirs

Questions about nakir

What is nakir the alternative form of?
Nakir is the alternative form of naker.

Words near nakir in the dictionary

  1. nakie
  2. nakies
  3. nakige
  4. nakiges
  5. naking
  6. nakir
  7. nakirs
  8. nakkaalaaqite
  9. Naknek
  10. nakoda
  11. nakodas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nakir (page history and authors); naker (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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