Given name · Ottoman Turkish · Persian
مختار
مختار (Muhtar) is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in Persian and Ottoman Turkish.
Ottoman Turkish and PersianWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: moxtâr.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Arabic مُخْتَار; its root is Arabic خ ي ر.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
مختار’s family of names
In Persian usage, مختار can be written in the Roman alphabet as moxtâr. In Ottoman Turkish usage, مختار can be written in the Roman alphabet as MUHTAR. In Persian usage, مختار can be written in the Roman alphabet as muxtār.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
مختار has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named مختار
- Mukhtar al-ThaqafiPro-Alid Arab revolutionary (c.622–687)
- Mokhtar DahariMalaysian footballer (1953-1991)
- Moktar HasniTunisian association football player (1952–2024)
- Mokhtar NailiTunisian association football playerborn 1953
- Mokhtar BelmokhtarAlgerian al-Qaeda member (1972–2016)
- Mokhtar DhouiebTunisian association football playerborn 1952
- Mokhtar Belkhiterfootballerborn 1992
- Mukhtar RobowSomali politicianborn 1969
- Mukhtar FallatahSaudi Arabian footballerborn 1987
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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