<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE Zthes SYSTEM "http://zthes.z3950.org/xml/zthes-05.dtd">  <Zthes><term><termId>31448738</termId><termName>sarods</termName><termType>PT</termType><termNote><![CDATA[ Plucked lutelike chordophones of the northern Indian subcontinent with four or five melody strings, three to six drone strings, and 11 to 16 sympathetic strings, all of metal, a broad, unfretted metal-covered neck, and a bowl-shaped skin-covered soundbox; often a small second resonator of metal, wood, or gourd is fixed behind the pegbox. They are played with a triangular wood plectrum. ]]></termNote><termCreatedDate>2026-03-30 21:00:50</termCreatedDate><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31448739</termId><termName>sarod</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31448740</termId><termName>sarodas</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31448741</termId><termName>sarodes</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>BT</relationType><termId>31425289</termId><termName>lutelike chordophones with long neck: plucked</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation><relation><relationType>RT</relationType><termId>31379364</termId><termName>sympathetic strings</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation><relation><relationType>RT</relationType><termId>31379369</termId><termName>melody strings</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation><relation><relationType>RT</relationType><termId>31379374</termId><termName>drone strings</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation></term>  </Zthes>