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/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ætə(ɹ)
Noun
attar (countable and uncountable, plural attars)
- 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.
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- A perfume made from this oil.
Derived terms
- attar of roses
Translations
essential oil extracted from flowers
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perfume made from this oil
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Anagrams
- Tatar, Tatra