مهتر

See also: مختر and محتر

Arabic

Alternative forms

• مِهْتَار (mihtār), مَهْتَار (mahtār)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian مهتر (mehtar, “a chief or an elder”).

Noun

مَهْتَر or مِهْتَر • (mahtar or mihtar) m

1. prince

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “مهتر”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 620
• Quatremère, Étienne Marc (1837) Histoire des sultans mamlouks, de l'Égypte. Tome premier, première partie.‎^[2] (in French), Paris: Oriental Translation Fund, page 162
• Quatremère, Étienne Marc (1837) Histoire des sultans mamlouks, de l'Égypte. Tome premier, première partie.‎^[3] (in French), Paris: Oriental Translation Fund, page 120
• Quatremère, Étienne Marc (1837) Histoire des sultans mamlouks, de l'Égypte. Tome premier, première partie.‎^[4] (in French), Paris: Oriental Translation Fund, page 173

Persian

Etymology

From مه (meh, “big, great”) +‎ ـتر (-tar).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mih.ˈtaɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [me̞ɦ.t̪ʰǽɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [me̞ɦ.t̪ʰǽɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɪ.t̪ʰǽɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mi.t̪ʰǽɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [meɦ.t̪ʰǽɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [meɦ.t̪ʰǽɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	mihtar
Dari reading?	mehtar
Iranian reading?	mehtar
Tajik reading?	mehtar

Noun

مهتر • (mehtar) (plural مهتران (mehtarân))

1. (archaic) a chief
2. (archaic) an elder

   دولتمرد مهتر ― dowlatmard-e mehtar ― elder statesman

Derived terms

• خرس مهتر (“Big Dipper, a synonym for دب اکبر”)

Descendants

• Arabic: مِهْتَر (mihtar), مَهْتَر (mahtar), مِهْتَار (mihtār), مَهْتَار (mahtār)
• Urdu: مہتر (mehtar)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “مهتر”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press