si·tar (s -tär )n. A stringed instrument of India made of seasoned gourds and teak and having a track of 20 movable frets with 6 or 7 metal playing strings above and usually 13 sympathetic resonating strings below. [Hindi sit  r, from Persian : si, three; see trei- in Indo-European roots + tr, string; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]si·tar ist n. |
sitar [sɪˈtɑː ˈsɪtɑː]
n
(Music / Instruments) a stringed musical instrument, esp of India, having a long neck, a rounded body, and movable frets. The main strings, three to seven in number, overlie other sympathetic strings, the tuning depending on the raga being performed
[from Hindi sitār, literally: three-stringed]
sitarist n
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| Noun | 1. |  sitar - a stringed instrument of India; has a long neck and movable frets; has 6 or 7 metal strings for playing and usually 13 resonating stringsstringed instrument - a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound |
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