Originally posted by Peyman
Also, I have read about the theory that nouphar mentions. I was under the impression that the word sehtar and sitar are persian-indian words that
meant 3 string (seh is 3 in Farsi). But these are variants of the same words in Greek and Latin such as quitar, kithar, citar and so on, all of which
mean four (from the earlier Indoeuropean roots)! |