Crossword-Solution: SANTIR
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| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SANTIR | anagram | INSTAR, RINSTA, STARIN, STRAIN, TRAINS |
We have 4 clues for the answer “SANTIR”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Oriental dulcimer. | 1 answer |
| PERSIAN musical instrument | 1 answer |
| Persian dulcimer | 1 answer |
| dulcimer | 6 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with SANTIR (5)
CHAPTER VII--THE ARABS, OR SARACENS 109-114 The Arab apparition in history--their taste for poetry--competitive contests of poetry and song--encouragement of literature--rebec--eoud; santir.
THE EOUD.] Still more familiar to domestic eyes is that descendant of the Arab santir, the modern pianoforte.
THE SANTIR.] Yet while the Arab wrote so abundantly upon the subject of music, and while it filled so prominent a part in his social and official life, and in spite of his sagacity in seizing perfectible types of instruments, there is very little in his treatment of the art which need delay us in the present work.
The modern santir of the Persians, almost identical with the German hackbrett, has a compass from [Illustration: musical notes] according to Fétis.[2] The Persians place its origin in the highest antiquity.
SANTIR.] =Chaldean Instruments=.—Two instruments seem to be especially noticeable: the Symphonia and Sambuca.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1945–1991).