setar

Persian plucked musical instrument with three strings
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setar

Summary

setar is a type of musical instrument[1]. setar draws 965 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_musical_instrument category, ranking #110 of 399).[2]

Key Facts

  • setar's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[3].
  • setar is a type of lute[4].
  • setar is a type of chordophone[5].
  • setar is a type of Plucked string instrument[6].
  • setar is part of lute[7].
  • setar's Commons category is recorded as Setar[8].
  • setar's described by source is recorded as Min-on Music Museum[9].
  • setar's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 321.321[10].
  • setar's different from is recorded as sitar[11].
  • setar's indigenous to is recorded as Iran[12].
  • setar's indigenous to is recorded as Azerbaijan[13].

Body

Definition and Type

setar's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[3]. Recorded subclass of include lute[4], chordophone[5], and Plucked string instrument[6].

Use and Application

setar is part of lute[7].

Influence

Things named for setar include sitar[14], a type of musical instrument[15].

Why It Matters

setar draws 965 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_musical_instrument category, ranking #110 of 399).[2] setar has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] setar is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Entities named for setar include sitar[14], a type of musical instrument[15].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . museum.min-on.or.jp. Retrieved . museum.min-on.or.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . museum.min-on.or.jp. Retrieved . museum.min-on.or.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . museum.min-on.or.jp. Retrieved . museum.min-on.or.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . museum.min-on.or.jp. Retrieved . museum.min-on.or.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . museum.min-on.or.jp. Retrieved . museum.min-on.or.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . museum.min-on.or.jp. Retrieved . museum.min-on.or.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . museum.min-on.or.jp. Retrieved . museum.min-on.or.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [14] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of
    Indigenous to Iran, Azerbaijan
    Instance of type of musical instrument
    Subclass of
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007553899305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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