attar

Questions about attar

What does attar mean?

attar means "essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers".

How many syllables are in attar?

attar has 2 syllables: at-tar. The stress falls on "at". In IPA it is /ˈætɚ/.

What is another word for attar?

Close synonyms include atar, athar, ottar. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is attar a common word?

attar is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.