mukhtar


mukh·tar

M5507150 (mo͝ok′tär′, mo͝oKH′-)n. A leader of an Arab village or district, usually chosen or approved by consensus.
[Arabic muḫtār, passive participle of iḫtāra, to choose, elect, prefer, derived stem of ḫāra, to choose; see ḫyr in Semitic roots.]

mukhtar

(ˈmuːktɑː) n1. (Law) a lawyer in India during the 19th and early 20th centuries2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a chief official in a town or village in Turkey or the Ottoman Empire