sintir
English
A sintir being played by Nuru Kane
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic سِنْتِير (sintīr).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sin‧tir
Noun
sintir (plural sintirs)
- (music) A three-stringed, skin-covered bass plucked lute used by the Gnawa people of Morocco.
- Synonym: guembri
- Coordinate terms: lotar, oud
- Hypernym: lute
- 2007, January 12, “The New York Times”, in Rock/Pop Listings:
- Playing the sintir (a long-necked, resonant lute), Mr. Hakmoun leads spellbinding trance ceremonies, and with castanets around his ankles, performs acrobatic dances.
Further reading
Anagrams
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Etymology
From Old Spanish [Term?], from Latin sentīre, present active infinitive of sentiō.
Verb
sintir (Latin spelling)
- to feel, sense