muhtar

English

Etymology

From Turkish muhtar and Ottoman Turkish مختار (muhtar, “village headman”), from North Levantine Arabic مختار (“village headman”), from substantive application of Arabic مُخْتَار (muḵtār, “chosen”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmʊtɑː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmʊtɑɹ/
• Hyphenation: muh‧tar

Noun

muhtar (plural muhtars)

1. (politics, historical) Alternative form of mukhtar: an appointed village headman, particularly in Ottoman contexts.
2. (politics) An elected village or neighborhood official in modern Turkey.

Translations

mukhtar — see mukhtar

A local leader in modern Turkey

• Turkish: muhtar (tr)

Anagrams

• Mathur, Murtha

Albanian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مختار (muhtar, “village headman”), from North Levantine Arabic مختار (“village headman”), from substantive application of Arabic مُخْتَار (muḵtār, “chosen”).

Noun

muhtar m

1. (politics, dated) Synonym of myftar: a mukhtar, particularly (historical) in Albanian contexts.

   Zgjedhjet bëhen meshumicën e votave nga muhtarët e fshatrave që përbëjnë nahijen...

   Elections are decided by a majority vote from among the mukhtars of the villages that make up the nahiyah...

Declension

Declension of muhtar

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	muhtar	muhtarë	muhtari	muhtarët
accusative			muhtarin
dative	muhtari	muhtarëve	muhtarit	muhtarëve
ablative		muhtarësh

Crimean Tatar

Adjective

muhtar

1. autonomous

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مختار (muhtar, “village headman; chosen, autonomous”), from North Levantine Arabic مختار (“village headman”), from substantive application of Arabic مُخْتَار (muḵtār, “chosen”).

Noun

muhtar (definite accusative muhtarı, plural muhtarlar)

1. (politics, historical) mukhtar, an appointed village headman
2. (politics) muhtar, an elected village or neighborhood headman

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مختار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1134
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “muhtar”, in Nişanyan Sözlük