Noun: cither si-dhu(r)
- A musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board, laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers
"The folk musician played a haunting melody on the cither";
- zither, zithern
- A 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings
"The musician played a traditional tune on the cither";
- cittern, cithern, citole, gittern
Derived forms: cithers
Type of: guitar, stringed instrument
Encyclopedia: Cither