minakari

English

Alternative forms

• meenakari

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /miːnəˈkɑːɹi/

Noun

minakari (uncountable)

1. A type of enamelwork Indian jewellery, especially champlevé. [from 20th c.]
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 165:

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

Anagrams

• marikina