κιθάρα
Greek (Cypriot)
/ciˈθa.ra/
noun
Definitions
- guitar
Etymology
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
- kitara Finnish
- citera Latin
- cithara Latin
- citharicen Latin
- citharoedus Latin
- cithera Latin
- Zither German
- chitarra Italian
- cithare French
- cítara Spanish, Castilian
- guitarra Spanish, Castilian
- κιθάρα Ancient Greek
- κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ Ancient Greek
- cítara Portuguese
- citer Danish
- قيثارة Arabic
- قِيثَارَة Arabic
- قِيثَارَة Arabic
- guiterne Old French
- κιθαρίστας Greek (modern)
- zithara Old High German
- կիթառ Old Armenian
- китара Bulgarian
- גיטרה Hebrew (modern)
- cithara Old Dutch
- chitarra Sicilian
- קיתרא Aramaic