mukhtar

== English == === Etymology === From North Levantine Arabic مختار (“village headman”), from substantive application of Arabic مُخْتَار (muḵtār, “chosen”), the passive participle of اِخْتَارَ (iḵtāra, “to elect, to choose”). Specific application with influence from various local languages including Ottoman Turkish مختار (muhtar, “village headman”) and Bengali মুখতার (mukhtar), Marathi मुख्तार (mukhtār), and Urdu مختار (muktār, “agent; lawyer”). Within Indian English, the application of mukhtar is influenced by a folk etymology derivation from Sanskrit मुक्ति (mukti, “liberation, becoming or setting free”). Doublet of muhtar. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmʊktɑː/, [ˈmʊx-] (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmʊktɑɹ/ Hyphenation: mukh‧tar === Noun === mukhtar (plural mukhtars) (politics) A minor official—usually overseeing a village or town—in many Arab countries and (historical) in the Ottoman Empire and its successor states, including Turkey, Northern Cyprus, and formerly Albania. (specifically) Alternative spelling of muhtar: an elected official overseeing a village or neighborhood in modern Turkey. (India, historical) A person acting as an agent, particularly a lawyer. [early 19th – mid 20th c.] ==== Alternative forms ==== muhtar (Turkish contexts) mooktar, mookhtar, muktar, muqtar, mooktear, muktear ==== Related terms ==== Mukhtar ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === mukhtar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia muhtar (title) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Sandra Anderson [et al.], editors (1998), The Chambers Dictionary, London: Chambers, →ISBN, page 1060. “mukhtar”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.