muhtar

The story

1. Arabic · derived fromمُخْتَار“chosen”
2. North Levantine Arabic · derived fromمختار“village headman”
3. Ottoman Turkish · borrowed fromمختار“village headman”
4. Turkish · borrowed frommuhtar
5. English todaymuhtar

From Turkish muhtar and Ottoman Turkish مختار (muhtar, “village headman”), from North Levantine Arabic مختار (“village headman”), from substantive application of Arabic مُخْتَار (muḵtār, “chosen”).

Words from the same roots