attar
/ˈæt.ə//ˈæt.ɚ/
attar noun: an essential oil extracted from flowers.
Noun
attar (countable and uncountable, plural attars)
- An essential oil extracted from flowers.
- 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
- 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
- A perfume made from this oil.
Proper noun capitalized: Attar
Attar (plural Attars)
- A surname.
attar meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
attar in Tamil
- essential oil extracted from flowers
- அத்தர் attar
- perfume made from this oil
- அத்தர் attar
attar in Marathi
- attar, perfume
- अत्तर attar
attar in Urdu
- attar
- عطر itr
attar in Bengali
- essential oil extracted from flowers
- আতর ator
More languagesFewer languages
- attar in Telugu
- అత్తరు attaru
- attar in Malayalam
- അത്തർ attaṟ
- attar in Kannada
- ಅತ್ತರು attaru
- attar in Gujarati
- અત્તર attar
- attar in Assamese
- আতৰ ator
Forms of attar
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | attars |
| alternative form | atar |
| alternative form | athar |
| alternative form | ittar |
| alternative form | ottar |
| alternative form | otter |
| alternative form | otto |
| alternative form | âta |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Attars |
Origin of attar
Borrowed from Persian عطر (atr, “scent”), from Arabic عِطْر (ʕiṭr, “perfume”).
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Words that rhyme with attar
Questions about attar
- What does attar mean?
- Attar means an essential oil extracted from flowers.
- What is attar in Tamil?
- Attar in Tamil is அத்தர் (attar). See Attar meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is attar?
- Attar can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce attar?
- Attar is pronounced /ˈæt.ə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of attar?
- The plural of attar is attars.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: attar (page history and authors); Attar (page history and authors); अत्तर (Marathi) (page history and authors); عطر (Urdu) (page history and authors); అత్తరు (Telugu) (page history and authors); അത്തർ (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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