# attar

Pronunciation: US say "AT-ur" /ˈæt.ɚ/; UK say "AT-uh" /ˈæt.ə/

## Noun

1. An essential oil extracted from the petals and blossoms of flowers.
   - Simple: A sweet-smelling oil taken out of flowers.
   - _The workshop produces attar by distilling freshly picked rose petals at dawn._
   - _Because the yield is so small, pure floral attar commands a remarkable price._
2. A perfume made from the essential oil extracted from flowers.
   - Simple: A perfume made from scented flower oil.
   - _She dabbed a little attar on her wrists before the wedding ceremony._
   - _The merchant let customers sample each attar from a row of tiny glass vials._

## Origin

Borrowed from Persian ʿater ("scent"), which itself came from Arabic ʿiṭr ("perfume").

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/attar (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).