naker

British  

/ ˈnæk-, ˈneɪkə /

noun

1. one of a pair of small kettledrums used in medieval music

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Etymology

Origin of naker

C14: from Old French nacre, via Medieval Greek anakara, from Arabic naqāra

Example Sentences

Rival Tripoli militia chiefs Abdel Hakim Belhadj and Abdullah Naker are expected to form their own parties or join existing ones but, Emneina said: "Somebody like Belhadj can't really form a competitive political block."

From Reuters

Naker, nā′ker, n. a kettledrum.

From Project Gutenberg

To this day there are many Arabic words in the vocabulary of the languages of western Europe which are a standing witness of the Crusades—words relating to trade and seafaring, like tariff and corvette, or words for musical instruments, like lute or the Elizabethan word “naker.”

From Project Gutenberg

Naker said the nine Gaddafi supporters had been funded by a group of businessmen affiliated to the former leader, who was killed in October after militias overran his home town of Sirte.

From Reuters

"We captured explosives with them that they bought from the black market and now we're interrogating them," the commander of Tripoli's Revolutionist Council Abdullah Naker told Reuters.

From Reuters