what kind of instrument is this?

[noob3]

my girlfriend wants to buy one, but she dosn't know what it is. she says it's like a sitar, but you sit it flat. i tell her it's a steel guitar, but she dosn't think it is.

"you pluck it" she says & "they use it in traditional asian music"

first person to awnser will get a wailing solo from jen herself lol