అత్తరు
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Telugu[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- అత్తరువు (attaruvu)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Marathi अत्तर (attar), from Classical Persian عطر ('atr, 'itr, “scent”), from Arabic عِطْر (ʕiṭr, “perfume”).
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
అత్తరు • (attaru) n (plural అత్తళ్ళు)
- perfume, essence
- attar, an essential oil obtained from the petals of roses or other fragrant substances.
References[edit]
- "అత్తరు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 42
- అత్తరు at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
- L. Chakradhara Rao et al, editors (1978-1995), “అత్తరు”, in తెలుగు వ్యుత్పత్తికోశం [Telugu Etymological Dictionary] (in Telugu), Visakhapatnam (Waltair): Andhra University Press and Publications
- http://archive.org/stream/dictionarymixed00unkngoog#page/n38/mode/1up