mukhtar (English, noun)
expansion: mukhtar (plural mukhtars)
Senses:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A minor official—usually overseeing a village or town—in many Arab countries and (historical) in the Ottoman Empire and its successor states, including Turkey, Northern Cyprus, and formerly Albania.
topics: government
politics
glosses: A minor official—usually overseeing a village or town—in many Arab countries and (historical) in the Ottoman Empire and its successor states, including Turkey, Northern Cyprus, and formerly Albania.
Alternative spelling of muhtar: an elected official overseeing a village or neighborhood in modern Turkey.
tags: alt-of
alternative
specifically
glosses: A person acting as an agent, particularly a lawyer.
tags: India
historical
Forms:
form: mukhtars
tags: plural
form: muhtar
tags: alternative
form: mooktar
tags: alternative
form: mookhtar
tags: alternative
form: muktar
tags: alternative
form: muqtar
tags: alternative
form: mooktear
tags: alternative
form: muktear
tags: alternative