Sitar

See also: sitar, sitár, sítar, and sítař

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Slovene Sitar, Czech Sitař and Slovak Sitár, occupational surname from síto (“sieve, net”).

Proper noun

Sitar (plural Sitars)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sitar is the 35345^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 637 individuals. Sitar is most common among White (93.56%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sitar”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

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

German

Etymology

From Hindi सितार (sitār)

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aːɐ̯

Noun

Sitar f (genitive Sitar, plural Sitars)

1. (music) sitar (Asian musical instrument)

Declension

Declension of Sitar [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Sitar	die	Sitars
genitive	einer	der	Sitar	der	Sitars
dative	einer	der	Sitar	den	Sitars
accusative	eine	die	Sitar	die	Sitars

Further reading

• “Sitar” in Duden online
• “Sitar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Romanian

Etymology

From sitar.

Proper noun

Sitar m (genitive/dative lui Sitar)

1. a surname originating as an occupation