# عطار
## Arabic
### Etymology

Occupational noun from عِطْر (ʕiṭr, “perfume”).
* Root
* ع ط ر (ʕ ṭ r)
* 3 terms

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʕatˤ.tˤaːr/

### Noun

عَطَّار • (ʕaṭṭār) m (plural عَطَّارُونَ (ʕaṭṭārūna), feminine عَطَّارَة (ʕaṭṭāra))
* perfumer

#### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: əttar
* → Ottoman Turkish: عطار (attar, aktar)
** Turkish: attar, aktar
** → Armenian: աթթար (atʻtʻar)
** → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: а̏та̄р
    Latin script: ȁtār
* → Persian: عطار ('attâr)
** → Hindustani:
    Hindi: अत्तार (attār)
    Urdu: عطار (attār)
** → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਅੱਤਾਰ (attār)
    Shahmukhi script: عطار (attār)
** → Sindhi: عطار

## Gulf Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic عَطَّار (ʕaṭṭār).

### Pronunciation

* (Kuwait) IPA: /ʕəˈtˤːɑːr/

### Noun

عطار • (ʕaṭṭār) m (plural عطارين (ʕaṭṭārīn), feminine عطارة (ʕaṭṭāra))
* apothecary, a specialist in traditional medicine, herbs, and hygiene, or the store in which one finds such merchandise
    Synonym: حواي (ḥawwāy)

## Moroccan Arabic

* Root
* ع ط ر
* 2 terms

### Etymology

From Arabic عَطَّار (ʕaṭṭār).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʕatˤ.tˤaːr/

### Noun

عطار • (ʕaṭṭār) m (plural عطارة (ʕaṭṭāra), feminine عطارة (ʕaṭṭāra))
* spice seller

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَطَّار (ʕaṭṭār, “perfumer”).

### Noun

عطار • (ʼattar or ʼaktar) (definite accusative عطاری (ʼattarı, ʼaktarı), plural عطارلر (ʼattarlar, ʼaktarlar))
* perfumer, scentmaker, a person who makes or sells perfumes or other scented products
    Synonym: عطرجی (ʼıtırcı)
* herbalist, herborist, a dealer in medicinal herbs used in treating diseases and illnesses
    Synonym: كوكجی (kökcü)
* miscellaneous small dealer or retailer in simples, toys, stationery, accessories, trinkets, etc.

#### Derived terms

* عطار دكانی (ʼattar dükkânı, “small dealer's shop”)
* عطار طبله‌سی (ʼattar tablası, “kind of box used by small dealers”)
* عطارت (ʼıtâret, “quality or business of a perfumer”)
* عطارلق (ʼattarlık, ʼaktarlık, “quality or business of a small dealer”)
* عطاری (ʼattarî, “quality or business of a perfumer”)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: attar, aktar
* → Armenian: աթթար (atʻtʻar)
* → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: а̏та̄р
    Latin script: ȁtār

### Further reading

* Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “عطار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 359
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “attar”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 355
* Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “attâr”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 65
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “عطار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 851
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Aromatarius”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 85
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “عطار”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 3179
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “attar”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عطار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1306