Made in Arabic
naker
النَّقّارة
A naqqāra, a small kettledrum of brass with a hide head, one of a pair played with sticks, its body worked with birds and leafy branches. This one is 19th-century, but medieval Europe heard such drums with Muslim armies and kept their name: Old French nacaire, Middle English naker.
- Instrument
- a naqqāra of brass and hide, Arabia or Syria, late 19th century
The path between languagesnaqqāra → nacaire → naker
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, ملكٌ عامّ
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