sitar
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Hindi सितार (sitār) / Urdu ستار (sitār), from Classical Persian سهتار (si-tār, literally “three strings”).[1][2] Doublet of setar.
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Noun
editsitar (plural sitars)
- (music) A Hindustani/Indian classical stringed instrument, typically having a gourd as its resonating chamber.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editmusical instrument
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सितार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 1013
- ^ “sitar”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Anagrams
editCebuano
editEtymology 1
editUndetermined.
Alternative forms
editVerb
editsitar
- to accost; to approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request
Etymology 2
editFrom English sitar, from Persian سهتار (se-târ, “three strings”).
Noun
editsitar
- a sitar; a Hindustani/Indian classical stringed instrument, typically having a gourd as its resonating chamber
Finnish
editEtymology
editUltimately from Persian سهتار (se-târ).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsitar
Declension
editInflection of sitar (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | sitar | sitarit | |
genitive | sitarin | sitarien sitareiden sitareitten | |
partitive | sitaria | sitareita sitareja | |
illative | sitariin | sitareihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | sitar | sitarit | |
accusative | nom. | sitar | sitarit |
gen. | sitarin | ||
genitive | sitarin | sitarien sitareiden sitareitten | |
partitive | sitaria | sitareita sitareja | |
inessive | sitarissa | sitareissa | |
elative | sitarista | sitareista | |
illative | sitariin | sitareihin | |
adessive | sitarilla | sitareilla | |
ablative | sitarilta | sitareilta | |
allative | sitarille | sitareille | |
essive | sitarina | sitareina | |
translative | sitariksi | sitareiksi | |
abessive | sitaritta | sitareitta | |
instructive | — | sitarein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editcompounds
Further reading
edit- “sitar”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams
editFrench
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editsitar m (plural sitars)
Further reading
edit- “sitar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom Persian سهتار (se-târ), meaning “three strings”.
Noun
editsitar m (invariable)
Anagrams
editNorthern Kurdish
editNoun
editsitar f
- Alternative form of star.
Portuguese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Hindi सितार (sitār).
Pronunciation
edit
Noun
editsitar m or (nonstandard) f (plural sitares)
Romanian
editEtymology
editUnknown.
Noun
editsitar m (plural sitari)
Declension
editSpanish
editAlternative forms
edit- shitar (historic)
Noun
editsitar m (plural sitares)
Further reading
edit- “sitar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Hindi सितार (sitār) and Urdu ستار (sitār), from Classical Persian سهتار (si-tār).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsitar c
Declension
editDeclension of sitar
References
editAnagrams
editCategories:
- English terms borrowed from Hindi
- English terms derived from Hindi
- English terms borrowed from Urdu
- English terms derived from Urdu
- English terms derived from Classical Persian
- English doublets
- Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)
- Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Musical instruments
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano verbs
- Cebuano terms derived from English
- Cebuano terms derived from Persian
- Cebuano nouns
- ceb:Musical instruments
- Finnish terms derived from Persian
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/itɑr
- Rhymes:Finnish/itɑr/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Musical instruments
- Finnish paperi-type nominals
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- Italian terms derived from Persian
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian indeclinable nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Musical instruments
- Northern Kurdish lemmas
- Northern Kurdish nouns
- Northern Kurdish feminine nouns
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Hindi
- Portuguese terms derived from Hindi
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with homophones
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Portuguese nouns with multiple genders
- pt:Musical instruments
- Romanian terms with unknown etymologies
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian masculine nouns
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Musical instruments
- Swedish terms borrowed from Hindi
- Swedish terms derived from Hindi
- Swedish terms borrowed from Urdu
- Swedish terms derived from Urdu
- Swedish terms derived from Classical Persian
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- sv:Musical instruments