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Definition of attar noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

attar

noun

/ˈætə(r)/

/ˈætər/

[uncountable]

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an essential oil usually made from rose petals
Word Originlate 17th cent.: via Persian from Arabic ‘iṭr ‘perfume, essence’.

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