Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Persian dulcimer typically having two rows of bridges and numerous strings, played with a pair of wooden sticks with curved ends.
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- noun An
Indian string instrument , atrapezoidal hammered dulcimer with seventy strings, believed to be derived from thePersian santur .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Lovely soothing 'santoor' sounds along with table play and 'payal' or bead sounds commence the most awaited romantic number of the year 'Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai' and it has been rendered by Roop Kumar Rathod.
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A few days later, a recording of the santoor (a Kashmiri stringed classical instrument) being played innocuously in a hotel lobby seemed to embark inexplicably on Auld Lang Syne before returning to raga Bhupali.
Amit Chaudhuri's musical circumnavigation Amit Chaudhuri 2010
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This takes the form of fractions of beats emanating from the brain through the vocal chord of a vocalist, or the strings of a santoor similar to a western dulcimer, or a sitar.
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Shahriar Saleh was born in Tehran and began playing the santoor, an Indian stringed instrument, when he was 11.
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Thanks for introducing santoor to me - sometimes I just open your page and do my cooking while checking your recipe and listening to the music.
Snowed In....and a Spinach Medley Cardamom 2007
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Btw, I don't think I told you earlier that I love santoor.
Green Peas Kachori & A Prize Preview Cardamom 2007
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I was just staring at it for a minute and the santoor in the background wow!!! it made me feel as if i was in an elegant indian gallery or something ...
An Apple-Strawberry Galette Cardamom 2007
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I think most of the time the data is recoverable so hopefully you will be able to restore the santoor music and other things too.
A Hello..... Cardamom 2007
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Yesterday was the first day of the festival where Rahul Sharma enthralled everybody by his santoor and ended the concert with a Pahadi tune.
Archive 2007-01-01 Abodh 2007
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Yesterday was the first day of the festival where Rahul Sharma enthralled everybody by his santoor and ended the concert with a Pahadi tune.
Banganga Festival 2007 Abodh 2007
reesetee commented on the word santoor
Also spelled santur.
February 7, 2011