attar

• atar, athar, ittar, ottar, otto, âta

Borrowed from Persian عطر‎ (atir, “scent”), from Arabic عِطْر‎ (’atir, “perfume”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): [ˈæt.ə]
• (US) IPA^(key): [ˈæt̬.əɹ], [ˈæt̬.ɑːɹ]

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• Rhymes: -ætə(r)

attar (countable and uncountable, plural attars)

1. An essential oil extracted from flowers.
   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter VIII, p. 125,

     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.

2. A perfume made from this oil.

• attar of roses

• Tatar, Tatra