[si-tahr] 
| a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck. |
| si·tar (sĭ-tär') n. A stringed instrument of India made of seasoned gourds and teak and having a track of 20 movable frets with 6 or 7 metal playing strings above and usually 13 sympathetic resonating strings below. [Hindi sitār, from Persian : si, three; see trei- in Indo-European roots + tār, string; see ten- in Indo-European roots.] si·tar'ist n. |