Where does “муктар” come from?

муктар (Macedonian) comes from Ottoman Turkish مختار, from Levantine Arabic مختار, from Arabic مُخْتَار.

муктар (Macedonian): mukhtar, head of a village or a city neighborhood in the Ottoman Empire

Definitions

  1. mukhtar, head of a village or a city neighborhood in the Ottoman Empire

Ancestry of “муктар”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishمختارmukhtar
2Levantine Arabicمختار—
3Arabicمُخْتَار—
Every word from Arabic مُخْتَار →Every word from Levantine Arabic مختار →Every word from Ottoman Turkish مختار →