Mokhtar

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• Mukhtar
• Mochtar (1947-1972)

Etymology

From Arabic مُخْتَار (muḵtār, “chosen”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmoxtar/, [ˈmox.t̪ar]

• (nonstandard) IPA^(key): /ˈmoktar/, [ˈmoʔ.t̪ar]

• (nonstandard) IPA^(key): /ˈmohtar/, [ˈmoh.t̪ar]
• Hyphenation: Mokh‧tar

Noun

Mokhtar

1. a male given name from Arabic, a earlier spelling of Mukhtar