sitar

[ si-tahr ]

noun
  1. a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.

Origin of sitar

1
First recorded in 1835–45, sitar is from the Hindi word sitār

Other words from sitar

  • si·tar·ist, noun

Words Nearby sitar

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How to use sitar in a sentence

  • Returning to the others, they found Dorothy and sitar deep in conversation.

    The Skylark of Space | Edward Elmer Smith and Lee Hawkins Garby
  • She took the light silver-studded sitar and began a song of the great hero Rajah Rasalu.

    Life's Handicap | Rudyard Kipling
  • Blanche brought her sitar and handed it to Chaudoreille, who raised his eyes to Heaven and heaved a big sigh as he took it.

    The Barber of Paris | Charles Paul de Kock

British Dictionary definitions for sitar

sitar

/ (sɪˈtɑː, ˈsɪtɑː) /


noun
  1. a stringed musical instrument, esp of India, having a long neck, a rounded body, and movable frets. The main strings, three to seven in number, overlie other sympathetic strings, the tuning depending on the raga being performed

Origin of sitar

1
from Hindi sitār, literally: three-stringed

Derived forms of sitar

  • sitarist, noun

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