Mokhtar

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• Mukhtar
• Mochtar (1947-1972)

Etymology

From Arabic مُخْتَار (muḵtār, “chosen”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmoxtar/ [ˈmox.t̪ar]
  • Rhymes: -oxtar
• (nonstandard) IPA^(key): /ˈmoktar/ [ˈmok̚.t̪ar], /ˈmohtar/ [ˈmoh.t̪ar]
• Syllabification: Mokh‧tar

Proper noun

Mokhtar

1. a male given name from Arabic, a earlier spelling of Mukhtar