namakierEtymologyBlend of Persian نمک (namak, “salt”) + glacier. First use appears c. 1970. See cite below.namakier means synonym of salt glacier. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 97 out of 100.nounSynonym of salt glacier.“Namakiers represent large, recumbent sheath folds underlain and flanked by rigid bedrock and overlain by air.”