gitara
Tagalog
/ɡi.ˈta.ɾa/
noun
Definitions
- (musical instrument) guitar
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian guitarra (guitar) derived from Arabic قِيثَارَة derived from Latin cithara (cithara, lyre, cithern, guitar, lute) derived 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
- cither English
- citole English
- guitar English
- kitara Finnish
- citera Latin
- cithara Latin
- citharicen Latin
- citharoedus Latin
- cithera Latin
- Gitarre German
- Zither German
- chitarra Italian
- cithare French
- guitare French
- гита́ра Russian
- гитара Russian
- cítara Spanish, Castilian
- guitarra Spanish, Castilian
- guitarrear Spanish, Castilian
- guitarrero Spanish, Castilian
- guitarrista Spanish, Castilian
- κιθάρα Ancient Greek
- κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ Ancient Greek
- cítara Portuguese
- gitara Polish
- citer Danish
- قيثارة Arabic
- قِيثَارَة Arabic
- قِيثَارَة Arabic
- guiterne Old French
- gitara Serbo-Croatian
- гитара Serbo-Croatian
- κιθάρα Greek (modern)
- gitara Cebuano
- zithara Old High German
- կիթառ Old Armenian
- גיטרה Hebrew (modern)
- cithara Old Dutch
- гитара Macedonian
- chitarra Sicilian
- קיתרא Aramaic
- qui̱töra Tetelcingo Nahuatl
- gitarra Mezquital Otomi
- gitara Yogad
- gitara Cuyunon
- guitarra Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec
- ki̱tara Ayutla Mixtec