minakari

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UK/miːnəˈkɑːɹi/

noun

A type of enamelwork Persian jewellery, especially champlevé.

OriginUrdu میناکاری ← Persian [Term?] →
First used 20th c.Scrabble 14
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Meanings

nounminakari (uncountable)

alternative meenakari

  1. uncountableA type of enamelwork Persian jewellery, especially champlevé.First known use 20th c.

    I bent my head for Kausalya to put on the fourteen-stringed meenakari gold necklace.

    1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 165

Origin

  1. Persian[Term?]
  2. Urduمیناکاری
  3. Englishminakari

From Urdu میناکاری (menākārī), from Persian [Term?].

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Anagrams

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