Where does “sitar” come from?

sitar (English) comes from Hindi सितार, from Arabic ستار, from Persian سه‌تار, from Persian سه, from Old Persian 𐏂, from Proto-Iranian θráyah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian tráyas, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

sitar (English): A Hindustani/Indian classical stringed...

Definitions

  1. A Hindustani/Indian classical stringed...

Ancestry of “sitar”, step by step

sitar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hindi सितार

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiसितारsitar; zither
2Arabicستارveil; screen; curtain
3Persianسه‌تارsetar
4PersianسهAPI •; three; black
5Old Persian𐏂The thirty-fifth letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script
6Proto-Iranianθráyahthree
7Proto-Indo-Iraniantráyasthree
8Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

via Slovak Sitár

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SlovakSitársievemaker
2Slovak-árFrom verbs forms agent nouns
3Proto-Slavic-ařь-er
4Gothic-𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃-er
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “sitar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian tráyas →Every word from Proto-Iranian θráyah →
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