different between sitar vs veena

English

Alternative forms

• setar

Etymology

From Hindi ????? (sit?r) / Urdu ????? (sit?r), from Persian ??????? (se-târ, literally “three strings”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)

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

See also

• guitar

Anagrams

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

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 ??????? (se-târ, “three strings”).

Noun

sitar

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

Finnish

Etymology

Ultimately from Persian ??????? (se-târ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sit?r/, [?s?it??r]
• Rhymes: -it?r
• Syllabification: si?tar

Noun

sitar

1. (music) sitar (instrument)

Declension

Anagrams

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

Italian

Etymology

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

Noun

sitar m (invariable)

1. (music) sitar

Northern Kurdish

Noun

sitar f

1. protection

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ????? (sit?r).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.?ta?/
• Homophone: citar

Noun

sitar m or f (nonstandard) (plural sitares)

1. (music) sitar (Indian string instrument)

Spanish

Noun

sitar m (plural sitares)

1. (music) sitar (Indian string instrument)

Swedish

Etymology

From Hindi ????? (sit?r) and Urdu ????? (sit?r), from Persian ??????? (se-târ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??t??r/

Noun

sitar c

1. (music) sitar (Indian string instrument)

Declension

References

• sitar in Svensk ordbok (SO)

Anagrams

• Ritas, riats, ritas

English

Alternative forms

• vina

Etymology

From Hindi ???? (v???), and its source, Sanskrit ???? (v???), which is related to Middle Persian wn' (win, “veena, lute”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?vi?n?/

Noun

veena (plural veenas)

1. (music) A plucked stringed instrument with five or seven steel strings stretched on a long fretted finger-board over two gourds, used mostly in Carnatic Indian classical music.
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 339:

     When he wanted to test any of the principles he was enunciating or elucidating, he went over to the veena which sits in a glass case now and played for hours and substantially extended the vocabulary and scope of the instrument.

   • 2017, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin 2017, p. 375:

     Shanmugavadivu continued to earn her income through her veena performances, and by introducing her daughters to the stage as soon as they were able.

Anagrams

• Neave, naeve, næve

Estonian

Noun

veena

1. essive singular of vesi

Finnish

Noun

veena

1. (music) veena (instrument)

Declension

Anagrams

• eevan