attar

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

Borrowed from Persian عطر ('ater, “scent”), from Arabic عِطْر (ʕiṭr, “perfume”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæt.ə/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæt.ɚ/, /ˈæt.ɑːɹ/

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• Rhymes: -ætə(ɹ)

attar (countable and uncountable, plural attars)

1. 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, chapter VIII, in Capricornia‎, page 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