English Explanatory Dictionary

ectara

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A one-stringed musical instrument from India.

Word forms

ectara ectaras

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi एकतारा (ektārā, literally “one-string”), ultimately from Classical Persian یکتار. Related to sitar.

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