name
Meaning 1
A surname from Arabic.
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Standard Lemma guide
mukhtar
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmʊktɑː/
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Received-Pronunciation: [ˈmʊx-]
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General-American: /ˈmʊktɑɹ/
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noun
Meaning 2
A minor official—usually overseeing a village or town—in many Arab countries and (historical) in the Ottoman Empire and its successor states, including Turkey, Northern Cyprus, and formerly Albania.
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Topics: government, politics
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noun
Meaning 3
A minor official—usually overseeing a village or town—in many Arab countries and (historical) in the Ottoman Empire and its successor states, including Turkey, Northern Cyprus, and formerly Albania.
Alternative spelling of muhtar: an elected official overseeing a village or neighborhood in modern Turkey.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative, specifically
Topics: government, politics
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noun
Meaning 4
A person acting as an agent, particularly a lawyer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, historical
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History
Etymology
See mukhtar.
From North Levantine Arabic مختار (“village headman”), from substantive application of Arabic مُخْتَار (muḵtār, “chosen”), the passive participle of اِخْتَارَ (iḵtāra, “to elect, to choose”). Specific application with influence from various local languages including Ottoman Turkish مختار (muhtar, “village headman”) and Bengali মুখতার (mukhtar), Marathi मुख्तार (mukhtār), and Urdu مختار (muktār, “agent; lawyer”). Within Indian English, the application of mukhtar is influenced by a folk etymology derivation from Sanskrit मुक्ति (mukti, “liberation, becoming or setting free”). Doublet of muhtar.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: myftar — A minor official in various Arab and Turkish contexts
- Albanian: miftar — A minor official in various Arab and Turkish contexts
- Albanian: muhtar — A minor official in various Arab and Turkish contexts
- Arabic: مختار — A minor official in various Arab and Turkish contexts
- Bengali: মুখতার (mukhtar) — A minor official in various Arab and Turkish contexts
- Bengali: মোক্তার (mōktar) — A minor official in various Arab and Turkish contexts
- Bulgarian: мухта́р (muhtár) — A minor official in various Arab and Turkish contexts
- French: moukhtar — A minor official in various Arab and Turkish contexts
- German: Muchtar — A minor official in various Arab and Turkish contexts
- Greek: μουχτάρης (mouchtáris) — A minor official in various Arab and Turkish contexts
- Macedonian: муктар (muktar) — A minor official in various Arab and Turkish contexts
- Russian: мухта́р (muxtár) — A minor official in various Arab and Turkish contexts
- Uzbek: muxtor — A minor official in various Arab and Turkish contexts