Editing Sitar (section)

==Etymology==
The word ''sitar'' is derived from the [[Persian language|Persian]] word {{Transliteration|fa|sehtar}}, meaning {{gloss|three-stringed}}.<ref>{{cite book | last1=Nettl | first1=B. | last2=Arnold | first2=A. | last3=Stone | first3=R.M. | last4=Porter | first4=J. | last5=Rice | first5=T. | last6=Olsen | first6=D.A. | last7=Miller | first7=T.E. | last8=Koskoff | first8=E. | last9=Kaeppler | first9=A.L. | last10=Sheehy | first10=D.E. | title=The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: South Asia : the Indian subcontinent | publisher=Garland Pub. | series=Garland Ency. World Music v.5 add to holding 304235 | year=1998 | isbn=978-0-8240-4946-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOlNv8MAXIEC | access-date=2022-10-04 | page=178}}</ref> According to [[Curt Sachs]], Persians chose to name their lutes around the word ''tar'', meaning string, combined with a word for the number of strings. Du + tar is the 2-stringed [[Dutar|dutār]], se + tar is the 3-stringed setār, čartar (4 strings), pančtār (5 strings).<ref>{{cite book |author=Curt Sachs |title=The History of Musical Instrumts |date=1940 |publisher=W. W. Norton & Company |place=New York |pages=256–257}}</ref>