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Rose water

Also called rosewater

Rose water is a flavouring extract made with water. Cooks use it to season food.

Cooked most in
Asia
Top country
Iran
Rose water, packaged

Photo: Pheno Geno Roses · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use rose water

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Season

Made from

On the table

Dishes made with rose water

1 dish in the catalogue uses it.
  • Sholezard

    Iran

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include rose water.

Around the world

What rose water is called

Names in 53 languages, from Wikidata.
  • Spanish

    agua de rosas

  • French

    eau de rose · Aqua rosae · hydrolat de rose

  • Italian

    acqua di rose · Giulebbe

  • Portuguese

    agua de rosas

  • German

    Rosenwasser

  • Dutch

    Rozenwater

  • Greek

    Ροδόνερο

  • Turkish

    gülsuyu · gül suyu

  • Russian

    розовая вода

  • Polish

    woda różana

  • Arabic

    ماء ورد · ماورد · ماء الورد

  • Persian

    گلاب

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  • Azerbaijani

    Gülab

  • Bangla

    গোলাপ জল

  • Basque

    Arrosa-ur

  • Bhojpuri

    गुलाबजल

  • Brazilian Portuguese

    Água de rosas

  • Bulgarian

    Розова вода

  • Cantonese

    玫瑰露

  • Catalan

    Aigua de roses · Melrosat · Aigua-ros

  • Chinese

    蔷薇水 · 玫瑰水 · 蔷薇露 · 古剌水

  • Danish

    Rosenvand

  • Egyptian Arabic

    ماء ورد

  • Esperanto

    rozakvo

  • Filipino

    Tubig-rosas

  • Finnish

    Ruusuvesi

  • Hebrew

    מי ורדים

  • Hindi

    गुलाब जल

  • hyw

    Վարդաջուր

  • Indonesian

    Air mawar

  • Japanese

    ローズウォーター · バラ水 · 薔薇水

  • Javanese

    Banyu mawar

  • Kazakh

    Раушан суы

  • Korean

    장미수

  • Kurdish

    Gulav

  • Kurdish (Arabic)

    گولاڤ

  • Kurdish (Latin)

    Gulav

  • Latin

    Aqua rosacea

  • Macedonian

    Розова вода

  • Malay

    Air mawar

  • Malayalam

    അത്തർ · Rose water

  • Mazanderani

    گلو

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    Rosenvann · Rosevann

  • Romanian

    apă de trandafiri · hidrosol de trandafir

  • Serbian

    Ружина водица

  • Serbian (Latin)

    ružina vodica

  • Simplified Chinese

    蔷薇水 · 玫瑰水 · 蔷薇露 · 古剌水

  • Slovenian

    rožna voda

  • Swedish

    Rosenvatten

  • Tajik

    Гулоб

  • Tamil

    பன்னீர்

  • Thai

    น้ำดอกไม้เทศ

  • Ukrainian

    Трояндова вода

  • Urdu

    عرق گلاب

  • Uzbek

    Atirgul suvi

  • Vietnamese

    Nước hoa hồng

  • Welsh

    Dŵr rhosod

Sources and credits

Data

  • GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
  • Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
  • Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q900450

Photos

Photo: Pheno Geno Roses · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons