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Definition: Sitar |
SitarNoun1. A stringed instrument of India; has a long neck and movable frets. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sitar" was first used: 1845. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The sitar is a classical Indian instrument. It typically has a gourd acting as the resonating chamber. A distinctive feature is the frets, which are moveable (allowing fine variation in tuning) and raised (so that 'sympathetic' strings can run underneath the frets, giving a very lush sound). A typical sitar has 19 strings - 7 on top and and 12 under the frets.Traditional approaches to learning the sitar involve a long period of apprenticeship under the tutelage of a master although nowadays it is possible to purchase books and videos to assist home learning. It was popularised in the West by The Beatles, whose guitarist, George Harrison, was inspired by Ravi Shankar.
External Links
- Information on the Sitar
- The Classical Sitar MIDI Palace Warehouse
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Sitar."
Crosswords: Sitar |
| English words defined with "sitar": Ravi Shankar ♦ Shankar, sitar player. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Sitar" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (sitar), German (sitar), Norwegian (zither), Romanian (Woodcock), Swedish (sitar). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Why would the courtesan go for the penniless writer? Whoops! I mean sitar player (Moulin Rouge!; writing credit: Baz Luhrmann; Craig Pearce) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Ravi's Sitar II: India (1974) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Theater & Movies | |
Music |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Ravi Shankar, full-length portrait, seated, gazing down at sitar he is playing] / Jitendra Arya, London. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | Sitar song. | | Chord played on a sitar. |
| Sitar chord. | ||
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| "Sitar" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Sitar" is used about 21 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 21 | 76,261 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "sitar" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Sitar | Last name | 130 | 60,205 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expression using "sitar": sitar player. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "sitar": sitar-playing, sitar-sounding. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
sitar | 221 | sitar tune | 3 |
sitar music | 9 | indian sitar | 3 |
sitar tuning | 9 | dallas sitar | 3 |
electric sitar | 9 | sitar tone tuning | 2 |
lesson sitar | 6 | buy sitar | 2 |
play sitar | 6 | sitar sound | 2 |
kin sitar | 6 | player sitar | 2 |
picture sitar | 5 | making sitar | 2 |
restaurant sitar | 5 | repair sitar | 2 |
playing sitar | 4 | sitar wav | 2 |
sitar sample | 4 | sitar indian cuisine | 2 |
guitar sitar | 4 | dholak her play she sitar | 2 |
sitar string | 4 | sitar software | 2 |
history sitar | 3 | indian restaurant sitar | 2 |
instrument sitar | 3 | midi sitar | 2 |
coral sitar | 3 | sales sitar | 2 |
learn play sitar | 3 | electric part sitar | 2 |
dholak guitar playing sitar woman | 3 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "sitar"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | السيتار آلة موسيقية. (various references) | |
French | sitar. (various references) | |
German | Sitar. (various references) | |
Greek | σιτάρ. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | シゾイド人" (schizoid person). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | シタール . (various references) | |
Pig Latin | itarsay.(various references) | |
Russian | ситара. (various references) | |
Swedish | sitar. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Persian | 800-Modern | sitar. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sitar": sitarist, sitarists, sitars. (additional references) | |
Words containing "sitar": depositaries, depositary, necessitarian, necessitarianism, necessitarianisms, necessitarians. (additional references) | |
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"Sitar" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: citar, ditra, estira, fitar, gitar, gitarr, hitar, Isar, ista, istap, Isvar, Jictar, jitar, pitar, Qitat, sadar, Saita, satar, satara, satpar, Sattaur, satur, scitor, Seita, seitan, setag, Setar, Setor, shitcart, siar, siard, siat, sidar, Sidra, Sifare, sigar, Silar, sitan, sitara, Sitarem, sitarg, sitari, sitat, siter, sitr, sitra, Sittard, situ, sivar, sizar, stear, stiap, stier, sudar, switar, systran, sytat, syter, Szita, titar, zetar, zitar, ziter, zitir. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sitar" (pronounced si"ter) |
| 4 | s i" t er | sitter. |
| 3 | -i" t er | embitter, aglitter, bitter, critter, fitter, fritter, glitter, hitter, knitter, litter, quitter, Ritter, titter, transmitter. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: airts, astir, stair, stria, tarsi. | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: airs, airt, aits, arts, rats, rias, sari, sati, star, stir, tars, tsar. | |
-2 letters: air, ais, ait, ars, art, its, ras, rat, ria, sat, sir, sit, sri, tar, tas, tis. | |
-3 letters: ai, ar, as, at, is, it, si, ta, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: afrits, airest, airths, aorist, arista, aristo, artist, aurist, crista, gratis, instar, kraits, racist, rapist, ratios, riatas, santir, satire, satori, sistra, sitars, stairs, strain, strait, strati, striae, tapirs, tarsia, terais, tiaras, traiks, trails, trains, traits, triacs, triads, trials. | |
+2 letters: aeriest, aigrets, airiest, airpost, amorist, amritas, anestri, antiars, antsier, aorists, arctics, aridest, aristae, aristas, aristos, armpits, aroints, artiest, artisan, artiste, artists, artsier, asteria, astrict, astride, athirst, atresia, atriums, attires, aurists, baiters, barites, brisant, britska, caritas, citrals, cristae, czarist, diarist, diaster, dispart, disrate, drastic, fairest, gaiters, gastric, gastrin, gratins, guitars, harpist, hastier, imarets, imparts, instars, iratest, karstic, lariats, latrias, maestri, maftirs, martins, mispart, misrate, mistral, narcist, nastier, nutrias, oralist, ostiary, parties, pastier, piaster, piastre, pirates, qintars, rabbits, raciest, racists, ramtils, rapists, ratfish, ratines, ratings, rations, ratites, ratlins, rattish, realist, rebaits, retails, retains, retinas, retsina, rialtos, ritards, rituals, sacrist, saltier, saltire, santirs, satires, satiric, satoris, satyric, satyrid, sautoir, seagirt, seriate, shortia, simitar, slatier, smartie, spirant, stagier, staider, stainer, staring, starlit, stearic, stearin, strains, straits, striate, tailers, tailors, tamaris, tardies, tariffs, tarnish, tarries, tarsias, tarsier, tartish, tastier, terbias, thairms, thirams, thorias, tirades, tragics, traipse, transit, travois, triages, trishaw, troikas, trysail, tsarina, tsarism, tsarist, turista, tzarism, tzarist, upstair, varsity, vastier, veritas, viators, waister, waiters, wariest, wastrie, wraiths, yttrias. | |
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