"sitar" meaning in English

See sitar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: sitars [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ) Etymology: From Hindi सितार (sitār) / Urdu ستار (sitār), from Classical Persian سهتار (si-tār, literally “three strings”). Doublet of setar. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|hi|सितार}} Hindi सितार (sitār), {{bor|en|ur|ستار|tr=sitār}} Urdu ستار (sitār), {{der|en|fa-cls|سهتار|lit=three strings|tr=si-tār}} Classical Persian سهتار (si-tār, literally “three strings”), {{doublet|en|setar}} Doublet of setar Head templates: {{en-noun}} sitar (plural sitars)
  1. (music) A Hindustani/Indian classical stringed instrument, typically having a gourd as its resonating chamber. Wikipedia link: sitar Categories (topical): Musical instruments Synonyms: setar Derived forms: electric sitar, sitarist, Sitarmaker Related terms: guitar Translations (musical instrument): սիտար (sitar) (Armenian), 西塔爾琴 (Chinese Mandarin), 西塔尔琴 (xītǎ'ěrqín) (Chinese Mandarin), 錫塔爾琴 (Chinese Mandarin), 锡塔尔琴 (xītǎ'ěrqín) (Chinese Mandarin), sitár [masculine] (Czech), sitar (Finnish), sitar [masculine] (French), Sitar [feminine] (German), σιτάρ (sitár) [neuter] (Greek), सितार (sitār) [masculine] (Hindi), siotár [masculine] (Irish), シタール (shitāru) (Japanese), سهتار (se-târ) [masculine] (Persian), sitar (Polish), sitar [masculine] (Portuguese), сита́р (sitár) [masculine] (Russian), sitar [masculine] (Spanish), shitar [historic, masculine] (Spanish), sitar [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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