sitar

noun

si·tar si-ˈtär

ˈsi-ˌtär

: an Indian lute with a long neck and a varying number of strings

sitarist

si-ˈtär-ist

ˈsi-ˌtär-

noun

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Indian sitar music played as women of all ages filed in and settled in a large circle. —

Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024 The wide streak of hippie-trail Orientalism in ambient music (all those sitars!) is almost structural, a product of messy, unequal encounters between European modernism and the rest of the world. —

Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024 Featuring live music from sitar player Ami Dang, the event invited residents to interact with the art using flashlights, creating a constantly shifting landscape of light and color. —

Andrew S. Jacobson, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2024 Their Studio City home features guitars, pianos, sitars, drums, ukuleles, and more. —

Elise Taylor, Vogue, 18 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for sitar