Attar Definition

ŏtō
attars
noun
attars
A fragrant essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
Attar of roses.
American Heritage
An essential oil or perfume made from the petals of flowers, esp. of damask roses (attar of roses)
Webster's New World

An essential oil extracted from flowers.

Wiktionary

A perfume made from this oil.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • athar
  • atar
  • ottar
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Other Word Forms of Attar

Noun

Singular:
attar
Plural:
attars

Origin of Attar

  • Persian ‘aṭir perfumed from Arabic aromatic ʕṭr in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Persian عطر (’atir, “scent”), from عطر (ʕiṭr, “perfume”).

    From Wiktionary

Attar Sentence Examples

  • The genuine attar of roses is costly and it is frequently adulterated.

  • It contains breweries, tanneries, sugar, tobacco, cloth, and silk factories, and exports skins, cloth, cocoons, cereals, attar of roses, "dried fruit, &c. Sofia forms the centre of a railway system radiating to Constantinople (300 m.), Belgrade (206 m.) and central Europe, Varna, Rustchuk and the Danube, and Kiustendil near the Macedonian frontier.

  • Attar of roses is produced in large quantities both in European and Asiatic Turkey, and to aid in furthering the industry numerous rose plants are distributed gratuitously.

  • Besides dates the principal articles of export are wool, horses, liquorice, gum and attar of roses.

  • In the same district bamboos, ramie-fibre and attar (otto) of roses are cultivated.

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