attar

attar

See also: Attar

English

Alternative forms

• atar, athar, ittar, ottar, otter, otto, âta

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian عطر‎ (atir, “scent”), from Arabic عِطْر‎ (ʿiṭr, “perfume”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæt.ə/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæt.ɚ/, /ˈæt.ɑːɹ/

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• Rhymes: -ætə(ɹ)

Noun

attar (countable and uncountable, plural attars)

1. An essential oil extracted from flowers.
   • 1857, G[eorge] W[illiam] Septimus Piesse, “Section III”, in The Art of Perfumery, and Method of Obtaining the Odors of Plants, […], Philadelphia, Pa.: Lindsay and Blackiston, OCLC 30552856, page 78:

     Now, when orange-flowers are distilled with water, we procure the otto of the blossom, which is known commercially as oil of neroli.

   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter VIII, p. 125,

     I bequeath to you my literary work. Useless though these might be commercially, they are the attar-drops distilled from the long and futile ebullience of my life.

2. A perfume made from this oil.

Derived terms

• attar of roses

Translations

essential oil extracted from flowers

Assamese: আতৰ (ator) Bengali: আতর (atôrô) Bulgarian: есенция (bg) (esencija), етерично масло (eterično maslo) Chinese: Mandarin: 香精油 (zh) (xiāngjīngyóu), 精油 (zh) (jīngyóu), 花油 (huāyóu) Gujarati: અત્તર (attar) Irish: atar m Kannada: ಅತ್ತರು (kn) (attaru)

perfume made from this oil

Gujarati: અત્તર (attar)

Anagrams

• Tatar, Tatra