The painting below shows a woman with a sitar:
This YouTube video shows George Harrison's sitar lesson with the legendary sitar player Ravi Shanker:
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Hindi Word in English: Sitar
The word SITAR comes from Hindi sitar, which in turn comes from Urdu/Persian sitar, meaning "three-stringed" (si-tar), although modern sitars have as many as twenty strings. You can read more about the history of the sitar in this Wikipedia article.
The painting below shows a woman with a sitar:
This YouTube video shows George Harrison's sitar lesson with the legendary sitar player Ravi Shanker:
The painting below shows a woman with a sitar:
This YouTube video shows George Harrison's sitar lesson with the legendary sitar player Ravi Shanker:
