maʿṭara

perfume shop

مَعْطَرَة

Word

Noun · pattern مَفْعَلَة

Root

ع ط ر

From the same root

All words from ع ط ر →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • عَطِرَتْ Form I She perfumed herself
    , (S, A, O, Msb,) aor. , inf. n. عَطَرٌ, (S, O, Msb,) said of a woman, (S, A, Msb,) She perfumed herself; (TA;) and ↓ تعطّرت, (A, O, Msb,) inf. n. تَعَطُّرٌ; (S;) and ↓ استعطرت; (A;) [signify the same: also عَطِرَ he (a man) was sweet in the odour of his body; and عَطِرَتْ, said of a woman, signifies the same: see the part. n. عَطِرٌ:] and ↓ استعطرت signifies she (a woman) made use of perfume. (TA.) [See also 5.]
  • عطّر Form II He perfumed
    He perfumed a woman [&c.; and so, app., ↓ اعطر]. (Msb.) ― -b2- بَطْنِى عَطِّرِى, (K,) but in other lexicons than the K we find ↓ أَعْطِرِى, (TA,) [occurring in a prov.,] see in art. سَأر [voce سَايأِرٌ]. (K.)
  • أَعْطَرَ Form IV Open entry
    see 2, in two places.
  • تَعَطَّرَ Form V He used to dislike women's perfuming themselves with perfume of which the odour was perceived like that of men
    see 1. ― -b2- It is said in a trad., of Mohammad, كَانَ يَكْرَهُ تَعَطُّرَ النِّسَآءِ وَتَشَبُّهَهُنَّ بِٱلرِّجَالِ, (O, K, TA,) meaning He used to dislike women's perfuming themselves with perfume of which the odour was perceived like that of men [and their affecting to be like men]: (TA:) or their being without ornaments (O, K, TA) and dye on the hands &c. [and their affecting to be like men]; (TA;) the ر in this case being substituted for ل: (O, K, * TA:) or تعطَّر, here, is from what follows: (TA:) ― -b3- تعطّرت She (a woman, O, TA) remained in the house, or tent, of, (O, K,) or with, (L,) her father and mother, and did not marry. (O, L, K, TA.)
  • إِسْتَعْطَرَ Form X Open entry
    see 1, in two places.
  • عِطْرٌ Perfume; an odoriferous, or a fragrant, substance
    Perfume; an odoriferous, or a fragrant, substance; syn. طِيبٌ: (S, A, O, K:) pl. [of pauc.] أَعْطَارٌ (A) and [of mult.] عُطُورٌ. (A, O, K.) [And ↓ عِطَارَةٌ, as used in the present day, and in medical books, signifies Perfumes and drugs: see an ex. voce صِيْدَلَةٌ.] ― -b2- [عِطْرُ الأَمَةِ A certain berb: see ذَفِرٌ.]
  • عَطِرٌ Having perfume upon, or using perfume for, or perfuming
    , applied to a man, (K, TA,) and عَطِرَةٌ, applied to a woman, (S, A, O, Msb, K,) Having perfume upon, or using perfume for, or perfuming, [himself, and] herself; (S, O;) and ↓ مُتَعَطِّرَةٌ, applied to a woman, (S, K,) signifies the same. (S) [See also عَاطِرٌ, and مُعَطَّرَةٌ, and مِعْطِيرٌ.] ― -b2- Also عَطِرٌ, Sweet in the odour of his body; and in like manner عَطِرَةٌ applied to a woman. (TA.) اِمْرَأَةٌ عَطِرَةٌ مَطِرَةٌ means A woman who perfumes and cleanses and washes herself much: (O:) [or is sweet in the odour of her body, and often uses the tooth-stick; for] مَطِرَةٌ signifies here كَثِيرَةُ السِّوَاكِ. (TA.) ― -b3- عَطِرَةٌ A she-camel easy of sale in the market; (O, K;) that sells herself by her goodliness; (TA;) as also ↓ عَطَّارَةٌ (O, K) and ↓ مِعْطَارَةٌ: (TA:) or a she-camel of generous race, or excel-lent; (S, O, K;) as also ↓ مِعْطَارٌ (S, O, TA) and ↓ مِعْطَارَةٌ and ↓ مُعْطِرَةٌ [or مُعْطَرَةٌ?]; (K, TA;) or ↓ مِعْطَرَةٌ: (O:) and عَطِرَاتٌ and ↓ مَعَاطِرُ she-camels goodly, and of generous race, or excel-lent. (A.)
  • عِطْرِيَّةٌ Fragrance
    [Fragrance]. (TA in art. زرد.)
  • عِطَارَةٌ trade of a seller of perfumes
    The trade of a seller of perfumes. (K.) ― -b2- See also عِطْرٌ.
  • عَطَّارٌ A seller of perfumes
    A seller of perfumes; (O, K;) and ↓ مِعْطِيرٌ signifies the same in the saying of El-'Ajjáj, describing the [wild] he-ass and the she-asses, " يَتْبَعْنَ جَأْبًا كَمُدُقِّ المِعْطِيرْ " [They (the she-asses) follow a bulky male like the stone with which the seller of perfumes pounds, or pulverizes, his perfume]. (S, O.)
  • عَطَّارَةٌ Open entry
    : see عَطِرٌ.
  • عَاطِرٌ who loves perfume
    One who loves perfume: (IAar, O, K:) or i. q. عَطِرٌ [q. v.]: (TA:) pl. عُطُرٌ. (O, K.)

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