tar

Middle Eastern and Central Asian long-necked, waisted string instrument
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tar

Summary

tar is a type of musical instrument[1]. tar draws 363 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_musical_instrument category, ranking #122 of 399).[2]

Key Facts

  • tar's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[3].
  • tar is a type of Plucked string instrument[4].
  • tar is a type of necked lute[5].
  • tar's Commons category is recorded as Tar (lute)[6].
  • tar's country of origin is recorded as Azerbaijan[7].
  • tar's country of origin is recorded as Iran[8].
  • tar's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tar (lute)[9].
  • tar's described at URL is recorded as https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/00671[10].
  • tar's described at URL is recorded as https://ich.unesco.org/fr/RL/00671[11].
  • tar's described at URL is recorded as https://ich.unesco.org/es/RL/00671[12].
  • tar's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • tar's used by is recorded as tar player[14].
  • tar's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 321.321-5[15].
  • tar's different from is recorded as tar[16].
  • tar's intangible cultural heritage status is recorded as Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity[17].
  • tar's intangible cultural heritage status is recorded as List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Armenia[18].
  • tar's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage[19].

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Definition and Type

tar's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[3]. Recorded subclass of include Plucked string instrument[4] and necked lute[5].

Use and Application

tar's used by is recorded as tar player[14].

Why It Matters

tar draws 363 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_musical_instrument category, ranking #122 of 399).[2] tar has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] tar is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Intangible cultural heritage status Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Armenia
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    Instance of type of musical instrument
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