What is "naker"

Nacre \Na"cre\ (n[=a]"k[~e]r), n. [F., cf. Sp. n['a]cara, n['a]car, It. nacchera, naccaro, LL. nacara, nacrum; of Oriental origin, cf. Ar. nak[=i]r hollowed.] (Zo["o]l.) A pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells, and is most perfect in the mother-of-pearl. [Written also nacker and naker.] See Pearl, and Mother-of-pearl.

n. A small drum, of Arabic origin, and the forebear of the European kettledrum.

Naker may refer to:

• One of the two Islamic angels, Munkar and Nakir, who visit the dead after their funeral
• the European variant of the Naqareh, a small Arabic kettle-drum, called nakers in English