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  • noun a Persian musical instrument

Etymologies

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From Persian سه‌تار (se-târ).

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Examples

  • Thankfully the power and conviction in her voice -- buoyed by surging percussion and swirling figures played on an Iranian lute called a setar -- carry her two self-released EPs, Paratrooper and Morning.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Thankfully the power and conviction in her voice -- buoyed by surging percussion and swirling figures played on an Iranian lute called a setar -- carry her two self-released EPs, Paratrooper and Morning.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Thankfully the power and conviction in her voice -- buoyed by surging percussion and swirling figures played on an Iranian lute called a setar -- carry her two self-released EPs, Paratrooper and Morning.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Thankfully the power and conviction in her voice -- buoyed by surging percussion and swirling figures played on an Iranian lute called a setar -- carry her two self-released EPs, Paratrooper and Morning.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • The setar is a small, long-necked lute, which has, in the hands of Shaari, a variety of tones.

    Music news, reviews, comment and features | guardian.co.uk 2009

  • And for the next couple of months, I'll be teaching a Texas banjo player how to play the setar.

    Diane Tucker: Fared Shafinury: Austin Singer-Songwriter Learns The Hard Way Not To Jam In Tehran Park (VIDEO) 2009

  • Experience the ancient and the modern, east and west, in the music of Mohsen Namjoo, a famed vocalist, composer and setar player who has been dubbed "the Bob Dylan of Iran" - and isn't afraid to step outside well-worn cultural norms Saturday, ticketmaster.ca.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Jennifer Van Evra 2011

  • From Iran came master "classical singer" Shahram Nazeri, joined by his gifted setar player son Hafez

    Articles - JazzTimes 2010

  • Mohsen Namjoo, an Iranian artist, songwriter, singer, music scholar, and setar player, whose music is featured in the film, will also perform at the Capitol Hill reception.

    Latest News from SYS-CON MEDIA 2010

  • The musical highlights, though, were the regional folk artists and, for me, a concert by setar player Massoud Shaari.

    Music news, reviews, comment and features | guardian.co.uk 2009

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