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attar

[ at-er, -ahr ]

noun

  1. Also at·ar [] ath·ar [] ot·tar [] ot·to []. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
  2. Also called attar of roses,. rose oil.


attar

/ ˈɒtə; ˈɒtəʊ; ˈætə /

noun

  1. an essential oil from flowers, esp the damask rose, used pure or as a base for perfume

    attar of roses

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of attar1

First recorded in 1790–1800; short for Persian 'atar-gūl “attar of roses,” akin to ʿatara “to smell sweet,” ʿiṭr “fragrance” (from Arabic )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of attar1

C18: from Persian `atir perfumed, from `itr perfume, from Arabic
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Example Sentences

Ten-year-old Yasmine al Attar stares at me from under her dark curled bangs.

But Ghazipoor is most remarkable for its enormous rose-fields, and the rose-water and attar prepared here.

Not more than an ounce and a half of attar, at the utmost, is obtained from eighty pounds of roses.

We were offered sweetmeats and fruits, sprinkled with rosewater, and some attar of roses was put upon our handkerchiefs.

A small quantity of pure attar passes with the water into the receiver.

The Persian attar of roses is said to be obtained from this species.

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