Sitar Definition

sĭtär, sĭ-tär
sitars
noun
A lutelike instrument of India with a long, fretted neck, a resonating gourd or gourds, and three to seven playing strings and a number of strings that vibrate sympathetically.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Sitar

Noun

Singular:
sitar
Plural:
sitars

Origin of Sitar

  • Hindi sitār from Persian si three trei- in Indo-European roots tār string ten- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Persian سه"ŒØªØ§Ø± (se-târ), meaning “three strings".

    From Wiktionary

Sitar Sentence Examples

  • A student of sitar maestro Ustad Vilayat Khan, Dharambir maintains the lyrical touch of his Ustad's style.

  • I had been in India in '66, in September and October - in India, to learn sitar.

  • I 've even worked with a sitar player, which was wonderful.

  • Early recordings capture her singing along with old Granpa Federico as he played an electric sitar that he had designed and built himself.

  • This meant that they were always able to bring in different musical styles from country to Indian sitar music.

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Words Starting With

SSISIT

Words Ending With

RARTAR

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Words Starting With S and Ending With R

Starts With S & Ends With RStarts With SI & Ends With RStarts With S & Ends With AR

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