muhtar

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”).

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

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.

• Mathur, Murtha

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

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...

From Arabic مُخْتَار (muḵtār). Compare Turkish muhtar and Uzbek muxtor.

• Hyphenation: muh‧tar

muhtar

1. autonomous
2. independent

   Synonym: mustaqil

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

muhtar (definite accusative muhtarı, plural muhtarlar)

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

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