Dictionary

attar en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈæt.ɑːɹ/ (General-American)
• (US) audio
• /ˈæt.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈæt.ɚ/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian عطر (atr, “scent”), from Arabic عِطْر (ʕiṭr, “perfume”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An essential oil extracted from flowers.
   • 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. 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VIII, in Capricornia, page 125:
   • Now, when orange-flowers are distilled with water, we procure the otto of the blossom, which is known commercially as oil of neroli. 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, page 78:
2. (countable, uncountable) A perfume made from this oil.

Forms

Deriveds

attar of roses

Translations (19)

ga atar (essential oil extracted from flowers) · cmn 花油 (essential oil extracted from flowers) · kn ಅತ್ತರು (essential oil extracted from flowers) · ru аттар (perfume made from this oil) · ru иттар (perfume made from this oil) · ta அத்தர் (essential oil extracted from flowers) · ta அத்தர் (perfume made from this oil) · ru иттар (essential oil extracted from flowers) · bg есенция (essential oil extracted from flowers) · ru аттар (essential oil extracted from flowers) · bn আতর (essential oil extracted from flowers) · cmn 香精油 (essential oil extracted from flowers) · pl perfumy z olejku kwiatowego (perfume made from this oil) · bg етерично масло (essential oil extracted from flowers) · pl olejek kwiatowy, atar (essential oil extracted from flowers) · gu અત્તર (perfume made from this oil) · gu અત્તર (essential oil extracted from flowers) · cmn 精油 (essential oil extracted from flowers) · as আতৰ (essential oil extracted from flowers)