مهتر

See also: مختر‏ and محتر

Arabic

Alternative forms

• مَهْتَار (mahtār)

Etymology

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

Noun

مَهْتَر • (mahtar) m

1. prince

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “مهتر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مهتر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen
• Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes by Reinhart Dozy (d. 1883 CE) تكملة المعاجم العربية لرينهارت دوزي

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Persian

Etymology

From مه (meh, “big, great”), ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“great”). Cognate to Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “big, large”).

Noun

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

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

   دولتمرد مهتر ― dowlatmard-é mehtar ― elder statesman

Derived terms

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

Descendants

• Arabic: مَهْتَر‏‎ (mahtar), مَهْتَار (mahtār)
• Urdu: مہتر

References

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