attar

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Hope was triumphant through the land, roses advanced to double their price; the attar was adulterated to meet the exorbitant demand, and nightingales were almost worshipped; but this could not last.

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  1. noun A fragrant essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers: attar of roses.

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  • Community members wear new clothes, apply 'attar' (perfume) before going for the sermon, and help those who cannot afford to, if they can. —  Top Stories - Google News
  • Kannauj (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 6: Already unable to stand to the stiff competition from modern perfumes, the indigenous perfume industry locally known as 'attar' in Kannuaj town in Uttar Pradesh is now facing the wrath of the global meltdown. —  dailyindia.com News Feed
  • The most expensive is the ` Ruh Gulab 'or Rose attar, which costs over USD 300 for only half a teaspoon. —  dailyindia.com News Feed
  • It is one thing to trot past a fine bush ... laden with attar-scented blooms, and another thing to settle down and gaze at it for an hour. —  Etherknitter
  • The Ajmal Group of Companies deals in attar (traditional perfume with a catchline "The Scent of Success"), essential oils, textiles, readymade garments, traditional garments, leather goods across Africa, East Europe, Middle-East and South East Asia through a network of over 500 retail shops. —  Screen News
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  1. Persian 'aṭir, perfumed, from Arabic, aromatic; see ʿṭr in Semitic roots.

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  1. Also written atar, ottar, and otto; from Persian 'atar, Hindustani atr, from Arabic 'itr, fragrance, perfume, especially of roses (Persian ′atar-gūl, attar of roses), from 'atara, smell sweet.
 

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