عطار

Arabic

Etymology

Occupational noun from عِطْر (ʕiṭr, “perfume”).

Root
ع ط ر (ʕ ṭ r)
3 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕatˤ.tˤaːr/

Noun

عَطَّار • (ʕaṭṭār) m (plural عَطَّارُون (ʕaṭṭārūn), feminine عَطَّارَة (ʕaṭṭāra))

1. perfumer

Declension

Declension of noun عَطَّار (ʕaṭṭār)

singular	masculine			feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	عَطَّار ʕaṭṭār	الْعَطَّار al-ʕaṭṭār	عَطَّار ʕaṭṭār	عَطَّارَة ʕaṭṭāra	الْعَطَّارَة al-ʕaṭṭāra	عَطَّارَة ʕaṭṭārat
nominative	عَطَّارٌ ʕaṭṭārun	الْعَطَّارُ al-ʕaṭṭāru	عَطَّارُ ʕaṭṭāru	عَطَّارَةٌ ʕaṭṭāratun	الْعَطَّارَةُ al-ʕaṭṭāratu	عَطَّارَةُ ʕaṭṭāratu
accusative	عَطَّارًا ʕaṭṭāran	الْعَطَّارَ al-ʕaṭṭāra	عَطَّارَ ʕaṭṭāra	عَطَّارَةً ʕaṭṭāratan	الْعَطَّارَةَ al-ʕaṭṭārata	عَطَّارَةَ ʕaṭṭārata
genitive	عَطَّارٍ ʕaṭṭārin	الْعَطَّارِ al-ʕaṭṭāri	عَطَّارِ ʕaṭṭāri	عَطَّارَةٍ ʕaṭṭāratin	الْعَطَّارَةِ al-ʕaṭṭārati	عَطَّارَةِ ʕaṭṭārati
dual	masculine			feminine
	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	عَطَّارَيْن ʕaṭṭārayn	الْعَطَّارَيْن al-ʕaṭṭārayn	عَطَّارَيْ ʕaṭṭāray	عَطَّارَتَيْن ʕaṭṭāratayn	الْعَطَّارَتَيْن al-ʕaṭṭāratayn	عَطَّارَتَيْ ʕaṭṭāratay
nominative	عَطَّارَانِ ʕaṭṭārāni	الْعَطَّارَانِ al-ʕaṭṭārāni	عَطَّارَا ʕaṭṭārā	عَطَّارَتَانِ ʕaṭṭāratāni	الْعَطَّارَتَانِ al-ʕaṭṭāratāni	عَطَّارَتَا ʕaṭṭāratā
accusative	عَطَّارَيْنِ ʕaṭṭārayni	الْعَطَّارَيْنِ al-ʕaṭṭārayni	عَطَّارَيْ ʕaṭṭāray	عَطَّارَتَيْنِ ʕaṭṭāratayni	الْعَطَّارَتَيْنِ al-ʕaṭṭāratayni	عَطَّارَتَيْ ʕaṭṭāratay
genitive	عَطَّارَيْنِ ʕaṭṭārayni	الْعَطَّارَيْنِ al-ʕaṭṭārayni	عَطَّارَيْ ʕaṭṭāray	عَطَّارَتَيْنِ ʕaṭṭāratayni	الْعَطَّارَتَيْنِ al-ʕaṭṭāratayni	عَطَّارَتَيْ ʕaṭṭāratay
plural	masculine			feminine
	sound masculine plural			sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	عَطَّارِين ʕaṭṭārīn	الْعَطَّارِين al-ʕaṭṭārīn	عَطَّارِي ʕaṭṭārī	عَطَّارَات ʕaṭṭārāt	الْعَطَّارَات al-ʕaṭṭārāt	عَطَّارَات ʕaṭṭārāt
nominative	عَطَّارُونَ ʕaṭṭārūna	الْعَطَّارُونَ al-ʕaṭṭārūna	عَطَّارُو ʕaṭṭārū	عَطَّارَاتٌ ʕaṭṭārātun	الْعَطَّارَاتُ al-ʕaṭṭārātu	عَطَّارَاتُ ʕaṭṭārātu
accusative	عَطَّارِينَ ʕaṭṭārīna	الْعَطَّارِينَ al-ʕaṭṭārīna	عَطَّارِي ʕaṭṭārī	عَطَّارَاتٍ ʕaṭṭārātin	الْعَطَّارَاتِ al-ʕaṭṭārāti	عَطَّارَاتِ ʕaṭṭārāti
genitive	عَطَّارِينَ ʕaṭṭārīna	الْعَطَّارِينَ al-ʕaṭṭārīna	عَطَّارِي ʕaṭṭārī	عَطَّارَاتٍ ʕaṭṭārātin	الْعَطَّارَاتِ al-ʕaṭṭārāti	عَطَّارَاتِ ʕaṭṭārāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: əttar
• → Ottoman Turkish: عطار (attar, aktar)
  • Turkish: attar, aktar
  • → Armenian: աթթար (atʻtʻar)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: а̏та̄р

    Latin script: ȁtār

• → Persian: عطار ('attâr)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: अत्तार (attār)

    Urdu: عطار (attār)

  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਅੱਤਾਰ (attār)

    Shahmukhi script: عطار (attār)

  • → Sindhi: عطار (ʻt̤ār)

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic عَطَّار (ʕaṭṭār).

Pronunciation

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /ʕəˈtˤːɑːr/

Noun

عطار • (ʕaṭṭār) m (plural عطارين (ʕaṭṭārīn), feminine عطارة (ʕaṭṭāra))

1. apothecary, a specialist in traditional medicine, herbs, and hygiene, or the store in which one finds such merchandise

   Synonym: حواي (ḥawwāy)

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ع ط ر
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic عَطَّار (ʕaṭṭār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕatˤ.tˤaːr/

Noun

عطار • (ʕaṭṭār) m (plural عطارة (ʕaṭṭāra), feminine عطارة (ʕaṭṭāra))

1. spice seller

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَطَّار (ʕaṭṭār, “perfumer”).

Noun

عطار • (ʼattar or ʼaktar) (definite accusative عطاری (ʼattarı, ʼaktarı), plural عطارلر (ʼattarlar, ʼaktarlar))

1. perfumer, scentmaker, a person who makes or sells perfumes or other scented products

   Synonym: عطرجی (ʼıtırcı)

2. herbalist, herborist, a dealer in medicinal herbs used in treating diseases and illnesses

   Synonym: كوكجی (kökcü)

3. miscellaneous small dealer or retailer in simples, toys, stationery, accessories, trinkets, etc.

Derived terms

• عطار دكانی (ʼattar dükkânı, “small dealer's shop”)
• عطار طبله‌سی (ʼattar tablası, “kind of box used by small dealers”)
• عطارت (ʼıtâret, “quality or business of a perfumer”)
• عطارلق (ʼattarlık, ʼaktarlık, “quality or business of a small dealer”)
• عطاری (ʼattarî, “quality or business of a perfumer”)

Descendants

• Turkish: attar, aktar
• → Armenian: աթթար (atʻtʻar)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: а̏та̄р

  Latin script: ȁtār

Further reading

• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886), “عطار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 359
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “attar”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 355
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “attâr”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 65
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “عطار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 851
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Aromatarius”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 85
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “عطار”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 3179
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “attar”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “عطار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1306

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَطَّار (ʕaṭṭār).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔat.ˈtaːr/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔät̪.t̪ʰɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔät̪.t̪ʰɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔät̪.t̪ʰɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔät̪.t̪ʰɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæt̪ʰ.t̪ʰɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔät̪.t̪ʰɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	attār
Dari reading?	attār
Iranian reading?	attâr
Tajik reading?	attor

Noun

عطار • (attār / attâr) (Tajik spelling аттор)

1. traditional herbalist or apothecary
2. (archaic) perfume seller

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “عطار”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim