قيثارة

Arabic

Alternative forms

• قِيتَارَة (qītāra), قِيثَار (qīṯār), قِيتَار (qītār)

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic קיתרא (qīṯārā), from Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ (kithárā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qiː.θaː.ra/

Noun

قِيثَارَة • (qīṯāra) f (plural قِيثَارَات (qīṯārāt) or قَيَاثِير (qayāṯīr))

1. (music) guitar

Declension

Declension of noun قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِيثَارَة qīṯāra	الْقِيثَارَة al-qīṯāra	قِيثَارَة qīṯārat
Nominative	قِيثَارَةٌ qīṯāratun	الْقِيثَارَةُ al-qīṯāratu	قِيثَارَةُ qīṯāratu
Accusative	قِيثَارَةً qīṯāratan	الْقِيثَارَةَ al-qīṯārata	قِيثَارَةَ qīṯārata
Genitive	قِيثَارَةٍ qīṯāratin	الْقِيثَارَةِ al-qīṯārati	قِيثَارَةِ qīṯārati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِيثَارَتَيْن qīṯāratayn	الْقِيثَارَتَيْن al-qīṯāratayn	قِيثَارَتَيْ qīṯāratay
Nominative	قِيثَارَتَانِ qīṯāratāni	الْقِيثَارَتَانِ al-qīṯāratāni	قِيثَارَتَا qīṯāratā
Accusative	قِيثَارَتَيْنِ qīṯāratayni	الْقِيثَارَتَيْنِ al-qīṯāratayni	قِيثَارَتَيْ qīṯāratay
Genitive	قِيثَارَتَيْنِ qīṯāratayni	الْقِيثَارَتَيْنِ al-qīṯāratayni	قِيثَارَتَيْ qīṯāratay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِيثَارَات‎; قَيَاثِير qīṯārāt‎; qayāṯīr	الْقِيثَارَات‎; الْقَيَاثِير al-qīṯārāt‎; al-qayāṯīr	قِيثَارَات‎; قَيَاثِير qīṯārāt‎; qayāṯīr
Nominative	قِيثَارَاتٌ‎; قَيَاثِيرُ qīṯārātun‎; qayāṯīru	الْقِيثَارَاتُ‎; الْقَيَاثِيرُ al-qīṯārātu‎; al-qayāṯīru	قِيثَارَاتُ‎; قَيَاثِيرُ qīṯārātu‎; qayāṯīru
Accusative	قِيثَارَاتٍ‎; قَيَاثِيرَ qīṯārātin‎; qayāṯīra	الْقِيثَارَاتِ‎; الْقَيَاثِيرَ al-qīṯārāti‎; al-qayāṯīra	قِيثَارَاتِ‎; قَيَاثِيرَ qīṯārāti‎; qayāṯīra
Genitive	قِيثَارَاتٍ‎; قَيَاثِيرَ qīṯārātin‎; qayāṯīra	الْقِيثَارَاتِ‎; الْقَيَاثِيرِ al-qīṯārāti‎; al-qayāṯīri	قِيثَارَاتِ‎; قَيَاثِيرِ qīṯārāti‎; qayāṯīri

Descendants

• → Old Galician-Portuguese: guitarra
  • Fala: guitarra
  • Galician: guitarra
  • Portuguese: guitarra
• → Spanish: guitarra
  • → Cebuano: gitara
  • → English: guitar, guittar (obsolete), gittar (eye dialect)
    • → Amharic: ጊታር (gitar)
    • → Bengali: গিটার (giṭar)
    • → Cantonese: 結他／结他 (git3 taa1)
    • → Gujarati: ગિટાર (giṭār)
    • → Hindi: गिटार (giṭār)
    • → Irish: giotár
    • → Japanese: ギター (gitā)
      • → Hakka: 吉他 (kí-tá)
      • → Hokkien: 吉他 (gì-tà, gih-tah)
    • → Korean: 기타 (gita)
    • → Mandarin: 吉他 (jítā)
    • → Scottish Gaelic: giotàr
    • → Sidamo: giitare
    • → Thai: กีตาร์ (gii-dtâa)
  • → French: guitare
  • ⇒ Old French: guiterne
    • → English: gittern
      • ⇒ English: cittern
  • → German: Gitarre
    • → Hungarian: gitár
  • → Latvian: ģitāra
  • → Macedonian: гитара (gitara)
  • → Polish: gitara
  • → Russian: гитара (gitara)
    • → Mongolian: гитар (gitar)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: гитара
  • → Tagalog: gitara
  • → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: qui̱töra
• → Italian: chitarra
  • → Greek: κιθάρα (kithára)
  • → Romanian: chitară

References

• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قيثارة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[1] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1073