Urdu Dictionary

نقاره naqqāra, or naqāra prob. fr. A. نقر 'to strike'

P نقاره naqqāra, or naqāra (prob. fr. A. نقر 'to strike'), s.m. A kettle-drum:—naqqāra ulaṭnā, v.n. 'The drum to turn over'; (met.) the scales or the tables to be turned:—naqqāra bajāte phirnā, To go round proclaiming by beat of drum; to proclaim, to blazon abroad:—naqqāra bajā-ke, or naqqāre-kī ćoṭ, adv. By beat of drum, publicly, openly.