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Singer-songwriter Asha Puthli, rapper Black Thought and sitar player Anoushka Shankar joined them.—William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2026 Stories involving a sitar, a surfboard, several root beer floats and a bride-to-be.—Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026 But this is a performance category that skews heavily toward tactile players, and Indian sitar vet Anoushka Shanka is currently 0-14 here.—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026 Among the instruments in use are violin, guitar, ukulele, sitar and saxophone.—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sitar
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Etymology
Hindi & Urdu sitār, from Persian, a three-stringed lute, from sih three + tār string, thread