muhtar.
mukhtar, an appointed village headman
Meaning & usage
mukhtar, an appointed village headman
muhtar, an elected village or neighborhood headman
Where this word comes from
From Ottoman Turkish مختار (muhtar, “village headman; chosen, autonomous”), from North Levantine Arabic مختار (“village headman”), from substantive application of Arabic مُخْتَار (muḵtār, “chosen”).
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