Definition of Santir

1. a Persian dulcimer [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Santir

santees
santer
santera
santeras
santered
santeria
santerias
santering
santero
santeros
santers
santim
santimi
santims
santimu
santir (current term)
santirs
santite
santo
santoku
santokus
santol
santolinas
santols
santon
santonate
santonates
santonic
santonic acid
santonica

Literary usage of Santir

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889) by Eminent Writers by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, Adela Harriet Sophia Bagot Wodehouse (1879)
"... in South Kensington Museum of tbe i;th century and a modern Georgian santir ; and refers to the use by the translators of the English Bible of the word ..."

2. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1880)
"dulcimer in South Kensington Museum of the 17th century and a modern Georgian santir ; and refers to the иве by the translators of the English Bible of the ..."

3. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889): ...edited by Sir by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1890)
"... dulcimer in South Kensington Museum of the 17th century and a modern Georgian santir ; and refere to the use by the translators of the English Bible of ..."

4. On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish by Eugene O'Curry (1873)
"... i M. Fetis even thinks that Pi-santir or little ... describes the santir still used in Egypt"* as a flat wooden box having the form of a triangle ..."

5. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889) by Eminent Writers by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, Adela Harriet Sophia Bagot Wodehouse (1879)
"... in South Kensington Museum of tbe i;th century and a modern Georgian santir ; and refers to the use by the translators of the English Bible of the word ..."

6. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1880)
"dulcimer in South Kensington Museum of the 17th century and a modern Georgian santir ; and refers to the иве by the translators of the English Bible of the ..."

7. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889): ...edited by Sir by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1890)
"... dulcimer in South Kensington Museum of the 17th century and a modern Georgian santir ; and refere to the use by the translators of the English Bible of ..."

8. On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish by Eugene O'Curry (1873)
"... i M. Fetis even thinks that Pi-santir or little ... describes the santir still used in Egypt"* as a flat wooden box having the form of a triangle ..."

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