different between naker vs namer

English

Alternative forms

• nakir

Etymology

From Old French nacaire, nacre (cognate with Italian nacchera, mediaeval Latin nacara), from Arabic ?????????? (naqq?ra, “drum”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ne?k?/

Noun

naker (plural nakers)

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

     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.

Translations

Anagrams

• Karen, anker, karen, knare, ranke

English

Etymology

name +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ne?m.e/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ne?m.?/
• Rhymes: -e?m?(r)

Noun

namer (plural namers)

1. One who names, or calls by name.
   • 2010, Alexander Irvine, Iron Man 2: The Junior Novel, page 77

     "Tony, I'm the executive director of S.H.I.E.L.D., the Strategic Homeland Intelligence, Enforcement, and Logistics Division," explained Fury.
     Tony nodded. […] "Want a tip? Fire your namer of things, because that's a mouthful."

Related terms

• name

Translations

Anagrams

• Armen-, Erman, Maner, Maren, Marne, Merna, enarm, ramen, re-man, reman