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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From 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[edit]
sitar (plural sitars)
- (music) A Hindustani/Indian classical stringed instrument, typically having a gourd as its resonating chamber.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
musical instrument
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See also[edit]
References[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[edit]
Cebuano[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Undetermined.
Alternative forms[edit]
Verb[edit]
sitar
- to accost; to approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request
Etymology 2[edit]
From English sitar, from Persian سهتار (se-târ, “three strings”).
Noun[edit]
sitar
- a sitar; a Hindustani/Indian classical stringed instrument, typically having a gourd as its resonating chamber
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Persian سهتار (se-târ).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sitar
Declension[edit]
Inflection 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[edit]
compounds
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[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio: (file)
Noun[edit]
sitar m (plural sitars)
Further reading[edit]
- “sitar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Persian سهتار (se-târ), meaning “three strings”.
Noun[edit]
sitar m (invariable)
Anagrams[edit]
Northern Kurdish[edit]
Noun[edit]
sitar f
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Hindi सितार (sitār).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sitar m or (nonstandard) f (plural sitares)
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown.
Noun[edit]
sitar m (plural sitari)
Declension[edit]
Declension of sitar
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
sitar m (plural sitares)
Further reading[edit]
- “sitar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Hindi सितार (sitār) and Urdu ستار (sitār), from Classical Persian سهتار (si-tār).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sitar c
Declension[edit]
Declension of sitar | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | sitar | sitaren | sitarer | sitarerna |
Genitive | sitars | sitarens | sitarers | sitarernas |
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- English terms borrowed from Hindi
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- Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)
- Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
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- en:Musical instruments
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- ceb:Musical instruments
- Finnish terms derived from Persian
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- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/itɑr
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- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Musical instruments
- Finnish paperi-type nominals
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- French countable nouns
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- it:Musical instruments
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- es:Musical instruments
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- sv:Musical instruments