Nacarat

noun

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

Etymology

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

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