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zither Noun

[Subject: Instrumental Ensembles & Their Music]

- A musical instrument consisting of a flat sound box with about 30 to 40 strings stretched over it and played horizontally with the fingertips or a plectrum

Etymology: German < Latin cithara (lyre) < Greek kithara

Translated in 20 languages

Translations19
	Italian	cetra
	Spanish	cítara
	French	cithare
	German	Zither; Kithara
	Bantu	danga
	Basque	zitara
	Breton	sitar
	Catalan	cítara
	Cornish	sowtri
	Dutch	citer
	Esperanto	kitaro
	Flemish	citer
	Hebrew	ציתר; קתרוס
	Hindi	ज़िथर
	Old Greek	κιθάρα
	Persian	نوعي سنتور يا قانون
	Portuguese	cítara
	Slovenian	citre
	Welsh	sither

zither Noun

[Subject: String Instruments & Their Music]

- A stringed musical instrument.

Translated by: ROBERT GRIGOR BAXTER

Translated in 17 languages

Translations16
	Italian	cetra
	Arabic	آلة موسيقية قديمة شبيهة بالقيثار
	Albanian	qeste
	Bantu	danga
	Esperanto	citro
	Galician	cítara
	Gujarati	એક સાદું ચપટું તંતુવાદ્ય
	Hebrew	ציתר
	Hindi	छःतारा
	Latin	cithara; fides
	Marathi	खूप तारा असलेले एक सपाट तंतुवाद्य
	Old Greek	κιθάρα
	Polish	cytra
	Slovak	lutna
	Slovenian	citre
	Swedish	citrra

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