agarbattin.
/aɡ(ə)ˈbɑːti/, /aɡ(ə)ˈbati/, U.S. /ˌæɡərˈbɑdi/ South Asian.
An incense stick; (as a mass noun) incense.
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1884 Gazetteer Bombay Presidency XX. iii. 48 They [sc. Agarváls] make frankincense sticks or agarbattis.
1926 Times of India 6 July 3/1 (advt.) Wanted agents, in all important towns, for sale of Agarbattis on 12 per cent.
1975 Bangladesh Times 23 July 10/5 He pointed out that at least fifteen new items were introduced in the export list last year. These are: tobacco, sweeping sticks, bamboo sticks,..agarbatti, human hair.
1984 D. Dabydeen Slave Song 37 Woodsmoke sweet in me nose like agarbattee.
1986 Savvy (Bombay) Sept. 28/3 A five-rupee thali will do. It has just a few white flowers, one agarbatti and coconut.
2004 T. Khair Bus Stopped 197 The large framed painting of Lord Hanuman, garlanded, with an agarbatti smouldering near it.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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