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PRONUNCIATION OF SANTUR

santur  [ˈsæntʊə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SANTUR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Santur is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SANTUR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Santur

The santur is a Persian hammered dulcimer It is a trapezoid-shaped box often made of walnut or different exotic woods. The Persian classical santur has 72 strings. The term santur is of unclear etymology, though theories include the meaning "one hundred strings" in Persian, or derivation from the Greek term psalterion..

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SANTUR


caliatour
ˈkælɪətʊə
contour
ˈkɒntʊə
couture
kuːˈtʊə
detour
ˈdiːtʊə
ecotour
ˈiːkəʊˌtʊə
Guntur
ɡʊnˈtʊə
Kultur
kʊlˈtʊə
recontour
riːˈkɒntʊə
retour
rɪˈtʊə
santour
sænˈtʊə
tour
tʊə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SANTUR

santero
Santiago
Santiago de Chile
Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Cuba
Santiago de los Caballeros
Santiago del Estero
santims
santir
santo
Santo Domingo
santol
santolina
santon
santonica
santonin
Santos
Santos-Dumont
santour
sanyasi

WORDS THAT END LIKE SANTUR

cratur
Decatur
exequatur
Fraktur
gaudeamus igitur
imprimatur
loquitur
non prosequitur
non sequitur
quaeritur
res ipsa loquitur
sequitur
subintelligitur
te igitur
the cratur
vacatur

Synonyms and antonyms of santur in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «santur» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SANTUR

Find out the translation of santur to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of santur from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «santur» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

桑图尔
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

santur
570 millions of speakers

English

santur
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संतूर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السنطور
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сантур
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Santur
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

santur
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

santour
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Santur
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Santur
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

サントゥール
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

santur
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Santur
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

santur
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

santur
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संतूर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

santur
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

santur
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Santur
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сантур
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Santur
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σαντούρι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

santur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Santur
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

santur
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of santur

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SANTUR»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SANTUR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about santur

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SANTUR»

Discover the use of santur in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to santur and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Something Remains
Andrew Christiansen, a war photographer turned cabdriver, is having a bad year.
Hassan Ghedi Santur, 2010
2
Santur Widely Tunable lasers
Santur DFB Array Chip design SanturSantur phase-shift array 100 120 80. 0.5 mm 1 mm Santur DFB Array chip is similar in size to conventional single element DFB Corporation*, □ Optimized phase-shifted grating design for high ...
3
Iranian Santur Players: Ardavan Kamkar, Parviz Meshkatian, ...
He is a part of Kamkaran ensemble. Ardavan Kamkar was born in 1968 in Sanandaj, Iran. He began learning to play the Santur (dulcimer) from his father, Master Hassan Kamkar at age 4. During his childhood years he worked with several Culture
LLC Books, 2010
4
Play the World: The 101 World Instrument Primer
The Persian santur is a percussive box zither, commonly referred to as a hammer dulcimer. Originating in Assyria or Chaldea as early as sixth century BC, the santur is the parent of both the hammer dulcimer family and the piano. The santur  ...
Randy Raine-Reusch, 2010
5
The Hammered Dulcimer: A History
instrument was “played either with curved sticks or with quills,”“0 indicating that either he confused the kanun with the santur or perhaps that santur players at the time both plucked and hammered its strings (Shaw's remarks about the ...
Paul M. Gifford, 2001
6
Shadows in the Desert: Ancient Persia at War
The santur or santar (lit. 100 strings) is an Iranian trapezoid-shaped hammer duleimer with 72 strings, played with light mallets known as mezrab. The instrument became popular among the Arabs, where it became adapted as the qainm ...
Kaveh Farrokh, 2007
7
Photonics Components & SubSystems
VC WATCH Santur Secures $23 Million for its 2nd Round of Venture Financing Santur Corporation, a privately held vertically integrated optical components company, announced the completion of its second round of venture financing, which ...
Hui Pan, Editor
8
World Music: A Global Journey - eBook & mp3 Value Pack
The instrument is a Persian santur, Iran's most distinctive and centrally important instrument. It is also considered by academics as the predecessor of the rest of the world's dulcimers, which are distributed as far as China and Korea in the east,  ...
Terry E. Miller, Andrew Shahriari, 2013
9
Library of Congress Subject Headings
S26 (History); UF Santir Santoor BT Dulcimer Santt'tr and electronic music (May Subd Geog) ;M298; UF Electronic and santur music Santur and piano music (May Subd Geog) UF Piano and santfir music Santur and tabla music UF Tabla and ...
Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office, 2005
10
I Am Like You!
My first musical love affair began with a traditional Iranian instrument called Santur. Santur is a quadrilateral shaped wooden box (usually made of walnut wood), which has nine to thirteen rows of guitar like strings attached to it with special ...
Ali Kian, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SANTUR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term santur is used in the context of the following news items.
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L'abbinamento folle: tromba e santur Ci prova Stockhausen
È il caso dell'abbinamento («improponibile», appunto) fra tromba e santur, strumento della tradizione musicale dell'antica Persia. Mai mondi più distanti. Eppure ... «Il Messaggero Veneto, Jul 15»
2
Kamal Mazlumi Virtuose auf der Santur
Mittlerweile spielt Kamal Mazlumi auf einer Santur, die er sich hat bauen lassen. Sie ist einmalig auf der Welt und er ist der Einzige, der sie spielen kann. «Deutschlandfunk, Jul 15»
3
Santur promove Santa Catarina na Mostra Viajar
De acordo com o gerente de marketing da Santur, Eduardo Simon, o principal objetivo da entidade na feira é divulgar o turismo de inverno e mostrar os ... «Brasilturis Jornal, May 15»
4
Prefeito de Lauro Müller discute setor turístico com presidente da …
Estamos desenvolvendo cada vez mais ações na área do turismo e para isso estabelecemos este contato com Santur para que seja parceria do nosso ... «Engeplus, Mar 15»
5
'Baban silah aldı. Kendinize dikkat edin' dedi ve...
Eski eşi Hülya Çelik'i öldüren Sebahattin Santur'a verilen müebbet hapis cezasının gerekçeli kararı belli oldu. Santur'un eski eşini yaralama ve tehdit nedeniyle ... «Vatan, Mar 15»
6
In Praise of humanitarian service: My Tribute to 'Radio Mogadishu'
By Hassan Ghedi Santur AMISOM Mogadishu -- One of my most vivid childhood memories growing up in Mogadishu is gathering around our old transistor radio ... «Coastweek, Feb 15»
7
A brilliant kaleidoscope of textures
Occasionally, the percussion is augmented by Keyvan's playing of the santur, a Persian hammered dulcimer, and Bijan's playing of the saz (or baglama), ... «Qantara.de, Feb 15»
8
Presidente da Santur fala sobre a temporada de verão no estado
Na entrevista especial deste sábado (14), do Jornal da Diplomata, o Presidente da Santur (Santa Catarina Turismo), Valdir Walendowsky, apresentou uma ... «Rádio Diplomata FM Brusque, Feb 15»
9
Mahkemedeki iyi hali yetti
Çalışmayan, döven, hatta kızının boğazına elektroşok dayayan, ağustos ayında da boşandığı eşi Hülya Çelik'i kapısının önünde öldüren Sebahattin Santur için ... «Hürriyet, Feb 15»
10
​Valdir Walendowsky continua na presidência da Santur
Em anuncio realizado pelo governador eleito do estado Raimundo Colombo (PSD) na tarde desta quarta-feira (24), Valdir Rubens Walendowsky, foi nomeado ... «Mercado & Eventos, Dec 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Santur [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/santur>. May 2024 ».
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