sintir

English
A sintir being played by Nuru Kane

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سِنْتِير‎ (sintīr).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: sin‧tir

Noun

sintir (plural sintirs)

  1. (music) A three-stringed, skin-covered bass plucked lute used by the Gnawa people of Morocco.
    Synonym: guembri
    Hypernym: lute
    Coordinate terms: lotar, oud
    • 2007 January 12, The New York Times, “Rock/Pop Listings”, in New York Times‎:
      Playing the sintir (a long-necked, resonant lute), Mr. Hakmoun leads spellbinding trance ceremonies, and with castanets around his ankles, performs acrobatic dances.

Further reading

Anagrams

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish [Term?], from Latin sentīre, present active infinitive of sentiō.

Verb

sintir (Latin spelling)

  1. to feel, sense
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