attar
See also: Attar
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian عطر (atir, “scent”), from Arabic عِطْر (ʕiṭr, “perfume”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
attar (countable and uncountable, plural attars)
- An essential oil extracted from flowers.
- 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:
- Now, when orange-flowers are distilled with water, we procure the otto of the blossom, which is known commercially as oil of neroli.
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter VIII, p. 125, [1]
- 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.
- A perfume made from this oil.
Derived terms
Translations
essential oil extracted from flowers
perfume made from this oil
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