attar

(at′ər)

noun

an essential oil or perfume made from the petals of flowers, esp. of damask roses ()

Origin: Pers ʼatar, fragrance < Ar ʿuṭūr, ʿoṭār, pl. of ʿiṭr, perfume

See attar in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A fragrant essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers: attar of roses.

Origin:

Origin: Persian ‘aṭir, perfumed

Origin: , from Arabic, aromatic; see עṭr in Semitic roots

Persian poet and mystic whose masterpiece, Conference of the Birds, is an allegorical survey of Sufism.

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