khushtar

K5H4U1S1H4T1A1R1

noun

A bowed stringed instrument from the Uyghur Region of China, having four strings in four courses.

OriginUyghur خۇشتار →
Scrabble 18
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

noun
  1. entertainmentA bowed stringed instrument from the Uyghur Region of China, having four strings in four courses.

Origin

  1. Uyghurخۇشتار
  2. Englishkhushtar

Borrowed from Uyghur خۇشتار (xushtar).

More words from Uyghur

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

khushtar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/khushtar

MLA

“khushtar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/khushtar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “khushtar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/khushtar.

Source: khushtar on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.