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kissar

kissar noun: a five-stringed lyre used in Nubia, Abyssinia, and northern Africa.

Noun

kissar (plural kissars)

  1. A five-stringed lyre used in Nubia, Abyssinia, and northern Africa.

Forms of kissar

pluralkissars

Origin of kissar

Related to cithara.

Questions about kissar

What does kissar mean?
Kissar means a five-stringed lyre used in Nubia, Abyssinia, and northern Africa.
What part of speech is kissar?
Kissar is a noun.
What is the plural of kissar?
The plural of kissar is kissars.

Words near kissar in the dictionary

  1. kissagrams
  2. kissaki
  3. kissakis
  4. Kissam
  5. Kissane
  6. kissar
  7. kissars
  8. kissass
  9. kissasses
  10. kissaten
  11. kissatens

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