مهتر

See also: مختر‏‎ and محتر‎

Arabic

Spelling variants

مَهْتَار‎ (mahtār)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian (mehtar, “a chief or an elder”)

Noun

مَهْتَر • (mahtar) m

prince

References

Lane, Edward William (1863), “مهتر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “مهتر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes by Reinhart Dozy (d. 1883 CE) تكملة المعاجم العربية لرينهارت دوزي

Persian

Etymology

From (meh, “big, great”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“great”). Cognate to Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “big, large”).

Noun

مهتر • (mehtar) (plural مهتران‎ (mehtarân))

(archaic) a chief
(archaic) an elder

‏‎ ― dowlatmard-é mehtar ― elder statesman

Derived terms

خرس مهتر‎ (“Big Dipper, a synonym for ”)

Descendants

Arabic: مَهْتَر‏‎‎ (mahtar), مَهْتَار‎ (mahtār)
Urdu: مہتر‎

References

“مهتر” in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, Dehkhoda Dictionary, Tehran: University of Tehran Press, 1931–.

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