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si·tar
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sɪˈtɑr
/
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noun
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
Origin:
1835–45;
<
Hindi
sitār
Related forms
si·tar·ist,
noun
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sitar
(sɪˈtɑː, ˈsɪtɑː)
—
n
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
[from Hindi
sitār,
literally: three-stringed]
si'tarist
—
n
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sitar
1845, from Hindi sitar, from Pers. sitar "three-stringed," from si "three" (O.Pers. thri-) + tar "string" (see
tenet
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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