muxtar

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Azerbaijani[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Persian مختار, ultimately from Arabic مُخْتَار (muḵtār).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [muχˈtɑr]
  • Hyphenation: mux‧tar
  • (file)

Adjective[edit]

muxtar

  1. autonomous
    Naxçıvan Muxtar RespublikasıNakhchivan Autonomous Republic

Derived terms[edit]

Northern Kurdish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic مُخْتَار (muḵtār).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Central Kurdish موختار (muxtar)

muxtar m (Arabic spelling موختار)

  1. village leader, village chief, headman
  2. plenipotentiary

References[edit]

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003), “muxtar”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 398