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nacarat

  • /ˈnæk.əˌɹæt/

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Borrowed from French nacarat, from Spanish or Portuguese nacarado, ultimately derived from Arabic نَقَّارَة (naqqāra, “small drum”), from نَقَرَ (naqara, “to hollow out”). Related to English nacre, English naqareh and nagada.

noun nacarats

  1. archaic, countable, uncountable A shade of bright red-orange.
  2. countable, uncountable Linens and cloths dyed such a shade.

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"nacarat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/nacarat. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

nacarat. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/nacarat

Chicago

"nacarat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/nacarat.

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@misc{nacarat_2026,
  title = {nacarat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nacarat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}