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单词 santoor
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santoorn.

Brit. /sʌnˈtʊə/, U.S. /ˌsənˈtʊ(ə)r/
Forms: Also santir, santour, santur.
Etymology: < Arabic sanṭīr (Persian, Turkish sānṭūr ), corruption of Greek ψαλτήριον psaltery n.; compare Biblical Aramaic p'santerīn. N.E.D. (1909) enters this under the double headword santir, santour and gives the pronunciations (santīə·ɹ, santūə·ɹ) /sænˈtɪə(r)/, /sænˈtʊə(r)/.
The dulcimer of the Arabs and Persians.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > dulcimer > [noun]
dulcimer1509
pantaleon1757
hackbrett1807
kanoon1817
santoor1853
yang ch'in1876
cembalo1879
cimbalom1879
cymbalo1879
gigalira1889
string drum1940
1853 A. H. Layard Discov. Nineveh & Babylon xx. 454 An instrument not unlike the modern santour of the East, consisting of a number of strings stretched over a hollow case or sounding board.
1864 C. Engel Music Most Anc. Nations 43 The Persians possess..a dulcimer called Santir, which in construction and in the mode of its treatment is almost identical with the German Hackbret.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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