cithara
Latin
noun
Definitions
- (musical instrument) cithara, lyre, lute, guitar
- (New Latin) guitar ellipsis of
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kind of harp, lyre, a kind of harp, kithara).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κιθάρα
Gloss
kind of harp, lyre, a kind of harp, kithara
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cithara English
- citharist English
- cither English
- citole English
- gittern English
- kitara Finnish
- citera Latin
- citharicen Latin
- citharoedus Latin
- cithera Latin
- Zither German
- cetra Italian
- chitarra Italian
- cithare French
- cítara Spanish, Castilian
- guitarra Spanish, Castilian
- κιθάρα Ancient Greek
- κλείς Ancient Greek
- κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ Ancient Greek
- cítara Portuguese
- citer Danish
- قيثارة Arabic
- قِيثَارَة Arabic
- قِيثَارَة Arabic
- guiterne Old French
- ceteră Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- κιθάρα Greek (modern)
- cythaer Middle Dutch
- zithara Old High German
- կիթառ Old Armenian
- zitterlein Middle High German
- citre Middle French
- גיטרה Hebrew (modern)
- cithara Old Dutch
- chitarra Sicilian
- קיתרא Aramaic
- ܩܝܬܪܐ Classical Syriac