կիթառ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian կիթառ (kitʻaṙ, cithara, lyre). The extension of the meaning to “guitar” is a semantic loan from European languages, e.g. Russian гита́ра (gitára), Italian chitarra, etc.

Pronunciation

Noun

կիթառ • (kitʻaṙ)

  1. (historical) cithara, lyre
  2. guitar

Declension

Synonyms

  • (guitar): գիթառ (gitʻaṙ) (informal)

Derived terms

References

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • կեթառ (ketʻaṙ)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára).

Noun

կիթառ • (kitʻaṙ)

  1. cithara, lyre

Synonyms

  • քնար (kʻnar), փանդիռն (pʻandiṙn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: կիթառ (kitʻaṙ) (learned)

References

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