Qītāra

Qītāra (Arab.) [Gk. kithara], Arab. word in use since the 9th c.; in N. Africa today (W. of Egypt) it denotes a lute of European, not Pers., origin. Cf. kaitara (75 II, 169). Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Farmer, Henry George. Studies in Oriental Musical Instruments; Series I, London, 1931; Series II, Glasgow, 1939. Sachs, Curt. Handbuch der Musikinstrumentenkunde. Leipzig, 1920.