# عطر
## Arabic
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʕitˤr/

#### Noun

عِطْر • (ʕiṭr) m (plural عُطُور (ʕuṭūr) or عُطُورَات (ʕuṭūrāt))
* perfume, scent
* essence, attar

##### Descendants

* Gulf Arabic: عطر (ʕiṭir)
* Hijazi Arabic: عطر (ʕiṭir)
* Moroccan Arabic: عطر (ʕṭar)
* → Azerbaijani: ətir
* → Ottoman Turkish: عطر (itr)
** Turkish: ıtır
* → Classical Persian: عِطْر (itr), عَطْر (atr) (see there for further descendants)
* → Turkmen: atyr
* → Uyghur: ئەتىر (etir)
* → Uzbek: atir

### Etymology 2

Denominal verb from عِطْر (ʕiṭr, “perfume”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʕatˤ.tˤa.ra/

#### Verb

عَطَّرَ • (ʕaṭṭara) II (non-past يُعَطِّرُ (yuʕaṭṭiru), verbal noun تَعْطِير (taʕṭīr))
* to perfume

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʕa.tˤir/

#### Adjective

عَطِر • (ʕaṭir)
* fragrant, sweet-smelling, aromatic

##### Declension
### Related terms

* عِطْرِيّ (ʕiṭriyy, “aromatic”)
* عِطْرِيَّة (ʕiṭriyya, “perfume, aromatic”)
* عطار
* عطارَة
* عاطِر (ʕāṭir, “perfumed, fragrant, aromatic, sweet-smelling”)
* معطر
* مِعْطِير (miʕṭīr)
* مِعْطَار (miʕṭār)

## Egyptian Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic عِطْر (ʕiṭr).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʕetˤr/

#### Noun

عطر • (ʕiṭr) m (plural عُطور (ʕuṭūr) or عِطُور (ʕiṭūr))
* (uncommon) perfume
    Synonym: ريحة (rīḥa)
** (uncommon) cologne
    Synonym: كُلونيا (kolonya)

### Etymology 2

From Arabic عَطَّرَ (ʕaṭṭara, “to perfume”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʕatˤ.tˤar/

#### Verb

عطر • (ʕaṭṭar) II (non-past يِعَطَّر (yiʕaṭṭar))
* (transitive) to perfume
    عَطَّرت الأُٖوضة ― ʕaṭṭart il-ʔōda ― I perfumed the room

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʕetˤer, ʕitir/

#### Verb

عطر • (ʕeṭer) II (non-past يِعْطَر (yiʕṭar))
* (intransitive, with في (“into”), dated) to bump into, to clash with, to cross paths with, to come across
    أنا!؟، دا أنا لو عطرت ف الحرامي ده، دانا هوديه ورا الشمس!ʔana!?, da ʔana law ʕeṭert fe l-ḥarāmi da, dana ha-waddīh wara š-šams!Me?! If I ever found that swindler, I'd mess him up! (literally "take him behind the sun")

## Gojri
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عَطَر (atar), from Arabic عِطْر (ʕiṭr).

### Noun

عَطَر ('atar) m
* scent, perfume, fragrance, aromatic compound

### Further reading

* Dr Rafique Anjum (2018) Concise Gojri-Kashmiri-English Dictionary, New Delhi: Adam Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN, page 310.

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic عِطْر (ʕiṭr).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʕi.tˤir/, [ʕɪ.tˤɪr]

#### Noun

عطر • (ʕiṭir) m (construct state عِطْر (ʕiṭr), plural عُطور (ʕuṭūr) or عطورات (ʕuṭūrāt))
* perfume
* cologne
    Synonym: كُلونيا (kulōnya)

### Etymology 2

From Arabic عَطَّر (ʕaṭṭar, “to perfume”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʕatˤ.tˤar/

#### Verb

عطر • (ʕaṭṭar) II (non-past يِعَطِّر (yiʕaṭṭir))
* to perfume
    عَطَّرت الغُرفة ― ʕaṭṭart al-ḡurfa ― I perfumed the room

##### Conjugation
## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِطْر (ʕiṭr, “perfume, scent”).

### Noun

عطر • (ʼıtr or ʼıtır) (definite accusative عطری (ʼıtrı, ʼıtırı), plural عطور (ʼutur))
* perfume, scent, a pleasant smell, the odor or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance
    Synonym: رایحه (rayiha)
* (cosmetics) perfume, a substance created to provide a pleasant smell or one which emits an agreeable odor
* rose geranium, any of several pelargoniums having rose-scented leaves, including important sources of rosewater

#### Derived terms

* عطر شاهی (ʼıtır şahî, “sweet pea”)
* عطر قویمق (ʼıtır koymak, “to aromatize”)
* عطر یاغی (ʼıtır yağı, “attar of roses”)
* عطر یپراغی (ʼıtır yaprağı, “leaf of the rose geranium”)
* عطرجی (ʼıtırcı, “perfumer, scentmaker”)
* عطرسا (ʼıtırsâ, “who compounds perfumes”)
* عطری (ʼıtrî, “pertaining to perfume”)
* عطریت (ʼıtriyet, “the nature of a perfume”)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: ıtır

### Further reading

* Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “عطر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 360
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ıtır”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2064
* Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “ıtr”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 476
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “عطر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 851
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Aroma”, 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) “عطر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 3180
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ıtır”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عطر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1306

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِطْر (ʕiṭr).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ʔatɾ], [ʔitɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔät̪ɾ], [ʔɪt̪ɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔät̪ɾ], [ʔɪt̪ɾ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ʔät̪ɾ], [ʔɪt̪ɾ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ʔät̪ɾ], [ʔit̪ɾ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ʔæt̪ɹ], [ʔet̪ɹ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ʔät̪ɾ], [ʔit̪ɾ]

### Noun

عطر • (atr, itr)
* perfume
* odour
* scent

#### Descendants

* → Assamese: আতৰ (ator)
* → Bengali: আতর (ator)
* → Gojri: عَطَر ('atar)
* → Gujarati: અત્તર (attar)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: इत्र (itr)
    Urdu: عِطْر ('itr)
* → Kannada: ಅತ್ತರು (attaru)
* → Kazakh: әтір (ätır)
* → Magahi: 𑂃𑂞𑂩 (atar)
* → Maithili: atar, ãtar
    Devanagari script: अतर, अँतर
    Tirhuta script: 𑒁𑒞𑒩, 𑒁𑒿𑒞𑒩
* → Malayalam: അത്തർ (attaṟ)
* → Malvi: इतर (itar)
* → Marathi: अत्तर (attar)
* → Marwari:
    Devanagari script: अंतर (antar), अन्तर (antar)
    Mahajani script: 𑅐𑅧𑅣𑅭 (antr)
* → Odia: ଅତର (atara)
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਅਤਰ (atar)
    Shahmukhi script: عَطَر (ʻat̤ar)
* → Tamil: அத்தர் (attar)
* → Telugu: అత్తరు (attaru), అత్తరువు (attaruvu)
* → Sindhi:
    Arabic script: عَطُرُ
    Devanagari script: अतुर
    Khudabadi script: 𑊰𑋍𑋣𑋙 (atura)
* → Varhadi: अत्तर (attar)

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عطر ('itr), from Arabic عِطْر (ʕiṭr).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /(ʔ)ɪt̪ɾ/

### Noun

عِطْر • (itr, atr) m (Hindi spelling इत्र)
* perfume
* fragrance
* essence
* attar
* odour
* scent

### Further reading

* “عطر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* Platts, John T. (1884) “عطر”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 762
* Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “عطر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 436
* “عطر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.