sitar

• setar

From Hindi सितार (sitār) / Urdu ستار (sitār), from Classical Persian سه‌تار (si-tār, literally “three strings”).^[1][2] Doublet of setar.

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

sitar (plural sitars)

1. (music) A Hindustani/Indian classical stringed instrument, typically having a gourd as its resonating chamber.

• guitar

• ISTAR, Ritsa, Sarti, Stair, Trias, airts, arist, astir, stair, stria, tarsi, tiars, tisar

Undetermined.

• sita

sitar

1. to accost; to approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request

From English sitar, from Persian سه‌تار (se-târ, “three strings”).

sitar

1. sitar (a Hindustani/Indian classical stringed instrument, typically having a gourd as its resonating chamber)

Ultimately from Persian سه‌تار (se-târ).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsitɑr/, [ˈs̠it̪ɑ̝r]
• Rhymes: -itɑr
• Syllabification^(key): si‧tar
• Hyphenation^(key): si‧tar

sitar

1. (music) sitar (instrument)

• “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 3 July 2023

• rasit, rasti, risat, ritsa, sarit, sitra, trias

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sitar m (plural sitars)

1. sitar

• “sitar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Persian سه‌تار (se-târ), meaning “three strings”.

sitar m (invariable)

1. (music) sitar

• -astri, Taris, Trias, astri, rista, rista', ristà, sarti, stari, stira, stria, tarsi

sitar f

1. alternative form of star

Borrowed from Hindi सितार (sitār).

• Homophone: citar

sitar m or (nonstandard) f (plural sitares)

1. (music) sitar (Indian string instrument)

Unknown.

sitar m (plural sitari)

1. Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)

• shitar (historic)

sitar m (plural sitares)

1. (music) sitar (Indian string instrument)

• “sitar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• sitar | Diccionario histórico de la lengua española
• sitar | Tesoro de los diccionarios históricos de la lengua española | RAE - ASALE

From Hindi सितार (sitār) and Urdu ستار (sitār), from Classical Persian سه‌تار (si-tār).

• IPA^(key): /sɪˈtɑːr/

sitar c

1. (music) sitar (Indian string instrument)

• sitar in Svensk ordbok (SO)

• Ritas, riats, ritas