sitar

sitar

See also: Sitar, sitár, sítar, and sítař

English

Alternative forms

• setar

Etymology

From Hindi सितार (sitār) / Urdu ستار‎ (sitār), from Persian سه‌تار‎ (se-târ, literally “three strings”). Doublet of setar.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Noun

sitar (plural sitars)

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

Derived terms

• electric sitar
• sitarist

Translations

musical instrument

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 西塔爾琴／西塔尔琴 (xītǎ'ěrqín), 錫塔爾琴／锡塔尔琴 (xītǎ'ěrqín) Czech: sitár m Finnish: sitar (fi) French: sitar (fr) m German: Sitar (de) f Greek: σιτάρ (el) n (sitár) Hindi: सितार (hi) m (sitār) Irish: siotár m Japanese: シタール (ja) (shitāru) Persian: سه‌تار‎ (fa) m (se-târ) Polish: sitar (pl) Portuguese: sitar m Russian: сита́р (ru) m (sitár) Spanish: sitar m Swedish: sitar (sv) c Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

See also

• guitar

Anagrams

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

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Cebuano

Etymology 1

Undetermined.

Alternative forms

• sita

Verb

sitar

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

sitar

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

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Finnish

Etymology

Ultimately from Persian سه‌تار‎ (se-târ).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sitar

1. (music) sitar (instrument)

Declension

Inflection of sitar (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
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
instructive		—	sitarein
abessive		sitaritta	sitareitta
comitative		—	sitareineen

Possessive forms of sitar (type paperi)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	sitarini	sitarimme
2nd person	sitarisi	sitarinne
3rd person	sitarinsa

Anagrams

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

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French

Noun

sitar m (plural sitars)

1. sitar

Further reading

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

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Italian

Etymology

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

Noun

sitar m (invariable)

1. (music) sitar

Anagrams

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

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Northern Kurdish

Noun

sitar f

1. protection

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi सितार (sitār).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈtaʁ/ [siˈtah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈtaʁ/ [siˈtah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /siˈtaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /siˈtaʁ/ [siˈtaχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈtaɻ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /siˈtaɾ/

• Homophone: citar

Noun

sitar m or (nonstandard) f (plural sitares)

1. (music) sitar (Indian string instrument)

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Romanian

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

sitar m (plural sitari)

1. Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)

Declension

Declension of sitar

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) sitar	sitarul	(niște) sitari	sitarii
genitive/dative	(unui) sitar	sitarului	(unor) sitari	sitarilor
vocative	sitarule		sitarilor

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Spanish

Noun

sitar m (plural sitares)

1. (music) sitar (Indian string instrument)

Further reading

• “sitar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

Etymology

From Hindi सितार (sitār) and Urdu ستار‎ (sitār), from Persian سه‌تار‎ (se-târ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪˈtɑːr/

Noun

sitar c

1. (music) sitar (Indian string instrument)

Declension

Declension of sitar
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sitar	sitaren	sitarer	sitarerna
Genitive	sitars	sitarens	sitarers	sitarernas

References

• sitar in Svensk ordbok (SO)

Anagrams

• Ritas, riats, ritas