muhtar
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmʊtɑː/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmʊtɑɹ/
- Hyphenation: muh‧tar
Noun
[edit]muhtar (plural muhtars)
- (politics, historical) Alternative form of mukhtar: an appointed village headman, particularly in Ottoman contexts.
- (politics) An elected village or neighborhood official in modern Turkey.
Translations
[edit]mukhtar — see mukhtar
Anagrams
[edit]Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish مختار (muhtar, “village headman”), from North Levantine Arabic مختار (“village headman”), from substantive application of Arabic مُخْتَار (muḵtār, “chosen”).
Noun
[edit]muhtar m
- (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...
Declension
[edit]Declension of muhtar
Crimean Tatar
[edit]Adjective
[edit]muhtar
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish مختار (muhtar, “village headman; chosen, autonomous”), from North Levantine Arabic مختار (“village headman”), from substantive application of Arabic مُخْتَار (muḵtār, “chosen”).
Noun
[edit]muhtar (definite accusative muhtarı, plural muhtarlar)
- (politics, historical) mukhtar, an appointed village headman
- (politics) muhtar, an elected village or neighborhood headman
References
[edit]- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مختار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1134
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “muhtar”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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