sitar

sitar
   (see-TAHR) [Hindi] A musical instrument of India, similar to a lute, with an onion-shaped bowl and a long, broad neck that carries four strings to be played, and eleven tuned to the scale in use so that they may resound individually in sympathy when one of the four strings sounds its scale tone.

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  • sitar — sitar …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • Sitar — Die Sitar[1] ist ein indisches Zupfinstrument und gehört zur Gruppe der Langhalslauten. Sie ist das bekannteste Instrument der nordindischen Musik und verfügt über einen sehr charakteristischen obertonreichen Klang …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • sitar — [ sitar ] n. m. • 1844, répandu v. 1965; mot hindi ♦ Mus. Instrument de musique indien, à cordes pincées (voisin de la guitare). Joueur de sitar (SITARISTE n. ). ⊗ HOM. Cithare. ● sitar nom masculin (hindi sītār) Luth indien, au manche… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • sitar — 1845, from Hindi sitar, from Pers. sitar three stringed, from si three (O.Pers. thri ) + tar string (see TENET (Cf. tenet)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • şiţar — ŞIŢÁR, şiţari, s.m. Şindrilar. – Şiţă + suf. ar. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  şiţár, şiţári, s.m. (reg.) 1. meseriaş care face şiţe; şindrilar. 2. meşter care clădeşte case. Trimis de blaurb, 09.02.2007. Sursa: DAR …   Dicționar Român

  • sitar — sìtār m <G sitára> DEFINICIJA glazb. pov. prastaro indijsko žičano glazbalo, slično lutnji ETIMOLOGIJA hind. sitār …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • sitar — [si tär′, si′tär΄] n. [Hindi sitār] a lutelike instrument of India with a long, fretted neck, a resonating gourd or gourds, and three to seven playing strings and a number of strings that vibrate sympathetically sitarist n …   English World dictionary

  • şitar — şitár s. m., pl. şitári Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic …   Dicționar Român

  • sitar — sȉtār m DEFINICIJA onaj koji proizvodi sita ETIMOLOGIJA vidi sito …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • sitar — sustantivo masculino 1. Instrumento musical de cuerda originario de La India, parecido al laúd, pero con más cuerdas y un mango alargado, que se toca con plectro …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • sitar — ► NOUN ▪ a large, long necked Indian lute played with a wire pick. DERIVATIVES sitarist noun. ORIGIN from the Persian words for three and string …   English terms dictionary

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