इत्र

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِطْر (ʕiṭr). Compare Assamese আতৰ (ator), Bengali আতর (ator), Gujarati અત્તર (attar), Kannada ಅತ್ತರು (attaru), Malayalam അത്തർ (attaṟ), Marathi अत्तर (attar), Odia ଅତର (ôtôrô), Punjabi ਅਤਰ (atar), Tamil அத்தர் (attar), Telugu అత్తరు (attaru).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɪt̪.ɾᵊ/

Noun

इत्र • (itr) m (Urdu spelling عطر)

1. essence, perfume; attar

Declension

Declension of इत्र (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	इत्र itr	इत्र itr
oblique	इत्र itr	इत्रों itrõ
vocative	इत्र itr	इत्रो itro

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “इत्र”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press