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Definition: Attar |
AttarNoun1. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "attar" was first used: 1798. (references) |
Note: Attar \At"tar\, noun. [Per. 'atar perfume, essence, Ar. 'itr, from 'atara to smell sweet. Compare to Otto.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: AttarSynonyms: atar (n), athar (n), ottar (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Attar is one of the most mystic poets of Iran. His works were the inspiration of Rumi and many other mystic poets. Attar along with Sanaie were two of the greatest influences on Rumi in his sufic views. Rumi has mentioned both of them with the highest esteem several times in his poetry. Rumi praises Attar as such: Attar roamed the seven cities of love -- We are still just in one alley.
Attar was a pen-name which he took for his occupation. Attar means herbalist, druggist and perfumist and during his lifetime in Persia, much of medicine and drugs were based in herbs. Therefore by profession he was similar to a modern day town [[doctor] and pharmacist.
He is one of the most prolific figures of the Persian literature. He wrote over a hundred works of varying lengths from just a few pages to voluminous tomes. About thirty of his works have survived. His most well-known and popular work is Mantiq at-Tayr (The Conference of the Birds). His other popular work is Asrarnameh (The Book of Secrets). Generally speaking, most of his books are popular and relatively easy to read.
His Mantiq at-Tayr (The Conference of the Birds ISBN 1578632463) is one of the definitive masterpieces of all Persian literature. Besides being one of the most beautiful examples of Persian poetry, this book relies on a clever word play between the words Simorgh — a mysterous bird in Iranians mythology which is a symbol often found in sufi literature, and similar to the phoenix bird — and "si morgh" — meaning "thirty birds" in Persian. The stories recounts the longing of a group of birds who desire to know the great Simorgh, and who under the guidance of a leader bird start their journey toward the land of Simorgh. One by one, they drop out of the journey, each offering an excuse and unable to endure the journey. Within the larger context of the story of the journey of the birds, Attar masterfully tells the reader many didactic short, sweet stories in captivating poetic style. Eventually only thirty birds remain as they finally arrive in the land of Simorgh — all they see there are each other and the reflection of the thirty birds in a lake — not the mythical Simorgh. It is the Sufi doctrine that God is not external or separate from the universe, rather she is the totality of existence. The thirty birds seeking the Simorgh realise that Simorgh is nothing more than their transcendent totality. This concept has been compared as being similar to "Universal Pantheism" in western philosophy.
There is solid evidence that Rumi met Attar as a young boy as Rumi's family abandoned the city of Balkh. On their way, Rumi's father came to visit Attar. It is reported that Attar gave a copy of one of his mystic poetry books to the young Jalal o-Din (who was not called Rumi or Molana until much later when he became the great mystic and poet as he is known today). Their meeting has been reported by various sources, including by Rumi's own son Hassam al-Din.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Attar."
Crosswords: Attar |
| English words defined with "attar": damask rose ♦ Musk beetle ♦ Otto ♦ Rosa damascena, rose oil ♦ summer damask rose. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Attar" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (attar). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Attar" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 83.33% of the time. "Attar" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 83.33% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (proper) | 16.67% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "attar": attar of roses. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "attar": al-attar. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
attar | 69 |
attar bazaar | 7 |
rose attar | 4 |
attar yasmin | 3 |
attar perfume | 2 |
attar travel | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "attar"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | عطر الورد, عطر (balmy, eau de cologne, embalm, fragrant, odor, odorous, odour, perfume, redolence, redolent, scent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | розово масло (attar of roses). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ruusuöljy (attar of roses). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | attar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Blumenessenz. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ροδέλαιο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שמן ור"ים. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | rózsaolaj (attar of roses). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | essenza di fiori. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ooil roseyn (attar of roses). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | attaray essência aromática. (various references) розовое масло (attar of roses). (various references) ružino ulje (otto). (various references) esencia de rosas (attar of roses). (various references) rosenolja. (various references) çiçek yağı, ıtır (aroma, fragrance, geranium, redolence). (various references) ефірна олія. (various references) tinh dầu hoa h"ng (otto). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Arabic | 500-Modern | 'utur. (various references) |
| Persian | 800-Modern | 'atar-gul. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "attar": attars. (additional references) | |
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"Attar" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Adyar, aftar, antar, antra, Ashtal, Astar, ata, atal, Atar, atari, Atat, Atbara, atear, ater, Aterk, Atharva, atir, ator, atra, atta, Attal, attap, Attard, Attardi, Attoh, attor, Attow, attr, Attta, Attu, atyr, autair, autar, avtur, bathtard, Datatrak, etar, gattnar, kat-ta, mattar, Otar, Pattar, Sattaur, tata, tatay, tatra, uttar, vattr. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "attar" (pronounced a"ter) |
| 3 | a" t er | batter, Blatter, chatter, clatter, fatter, flatter, hatter, latter, matter, natter, patter, platter, scatter, shatter, smatter, spatter, splatter, Tatar, tatter. |
| 2 | -t er | abductor, accelerator, accelerometer, accumulator, activator, actor, actuator, adapter, adaptor, adjuster, administer, administrator, aflutter, after, agitator, aglitter, alabaster, alligator, allocator, altar, alter, alternator, altimeter, ammeter, Amphitheater, ancestor, anemometer, animator, anteater, applicator, appropriator, apter, arbiter, arbitrator, aster, auditor, aviator, babysitter, backwater, banister, bannister, banter, barometer, barrister, barter, beater, beefeater, belter, benefactor, better, bettor, billeter, biter, bitter, blaster, blister, blockbuster, blotter, blunter, bluster, bolster, Bolter, booster, breakwater, brighter, broadcaster, bullfighter, burgomaster, Buster, butter, calculator, canister, cannister, canter, Cantor, capacitor, captor, carburetor, carpenter, Carter, caster, Castor, cater, catheter, center, centimeter, centre, chapter, character, charter, cheater, chiropractor, cloister, cluster, clutter, coaster, cogenerator, collaborator, collector, Colter, comforter, commentator, communicator, commuter, compactor, comparator, competitor, computer, concertmaster, conciliator, conductor, connecter, connector, conservator, consolidator, conspirator, constrictor, constructor, contractor, contributor, converter, coordinator, cooter, copywriter, coster, Cotter, Coulter, counter, counterfeiter, Courter, covenanter, crater, creator, creditor, critter, curator, cuter, cutter, darter, daughter, debater, debtor, deciliter, decorator, deepwater, defector, defibrillator, deflator, demonstrator, Dempster, denominator. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: tatar. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-r-t-t" | |
-1 letter: tart. | |
-2 letters: art, att, rat, tar, tat. | |
-3 letters: aa, ar, at, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: attars, rattan, strata, tantra, tartan, tartar, tatars. | |
+2 letters: arietta, arnatto, athwart, attract, partita, ratatat, rattail, rattans, rattrap, regatta, stratal, stratas, tabaret, tantara, tantras, tartana, tartans, tartars, teacart, trymata, tuatara, tuatera. | |
+3 letters: abattoir, abstract, actuator, aerostat, aftertax, agitator, alterant, amaretti, amaretto, anteater, ariettas, aristate, arnattos, artefact, artifact, attacher, attacker, attainer, attracts, autocrat, cabretta, castrate, castrati, castrato, cataract, frittata, haftarot, hatteria, maltreat, mattrass, maturate, natatory, partitas, pattamar, ratatats, rattails, rattraps, reactant, reattach, reattack, reattain, regattas, saturant, saturate, staggart, stalwart, statuary, stearate, strawhat, stromata, tabarets, tantaras, tarantas, tarlatan, tarletan, tartanas, tartaric, tartrate, teacarts, teratoma, terawatt, thrawart, trabeate, tractate, transact, traumata, tsaritza, tuataras, tuateras, tzaritza, zaratite. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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