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sitar player

sitar player

1 6.9
A musician who plays the sitar, a long Indian instrument with strings
  • noun
  • /ˈsɪtɑr ˈpleɪər/
translation icon : sitarista

Examples

  • Somebody shoot that sitar player now!

    Impulse (2008)

  • The sitar player captivated the audience with their beautiful melodies.

  • During the festival, a talented sitar player performed traditional Indian raga.

  • She dreams of becoming a famous sitar player like her father.

Synonyms

musician
vssitar player
644 1.8

A person who plays or writes music for others

is limited to someone who plays one traditional Indian stringed instrument
sitarist
vssitar player
7.4

A person who plays the sitar, a long Indian instrument with strings

is the same meaning but expressed as a two word phrase rather than one

Surface Forms

sitar player singular
sitar players plural

Morphology

sitar + player

The meaning 'a musician who plays the sitar' is directly derivable from combining 'sitar' (a specific instrument) with 'player' (one who plays). The noun+noun/agentive composition is a highly productive, cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Sitar player describes someone who plays the long Indian instrument called the sitar. One popular story says the word sitar comes from Persian words for 'three' and 'string', so imagine a musician plucking a long instrument with many strings — that image explains why sitar player means 'a musician who plays the sitar'.