mukhtar

See also: Mukhtar

English

Etymology

Arabic مُخْتَار‎ (muḵtār, “chosen”), passive participle of اِخْتَارَ‎ (iḵtāra, “to choose”).

Noun

mukhtar (plural mukhtars)

  1. The head of a village in many Arab countries and in Cyprus.
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