مهتر

See also: مختر‎ and محتر‎

Arabic

Alternative forms

مِهْتَار‎ (mihtār), مَهْتَار‎ (mahtār)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (mehtar, “a chief or an elder”).

Noun

مَهْتَر or مِهْتَر • (mahtar or mihtar) m

prince

References

Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “مهتر”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 620
Quatremère, Étienne Marc (1837) Histoire des sultans mamlouks, de l'Égypte. Tome premier, première partie.‎ (in French), Paris: Oriental Translation Fund, page 162
Quatremère, Étienne Marc (1837) Histoire des sultans mamlouks, de l'Égypte. Tome premier, première partie.‎ (in French), Paris: Oriental Translation Fund, page 120
Quatremère, Étienne Marc (1837) Histoire des sultans mamlouks, de l'Égypte. Tome premier, première partie.‎ (in French), Paris: Oriental Translation Fund, page 173

Persian

Etymology

From ‎ (meh, “big, great”) +‎ ‎ (-tar).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mihˈtaɾ/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /mɪhˈtaɾ/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /mehˈtæɾ/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /mehˈtaɾ/

Noun

مهتر • (mehtar) (plural مهتران‎ (mehtarân))

(archaic) a chief
(archaic) an elder
‏‎ ― dowlatmard-e mehtar ― elder statesman

Derived terms

خرس مهتر‎ (“Big Dipper, a synonym for ‎”)

Descendants

Arabic: مِهْتَر‎ (mihtar), مَهْتَر‎ (mahtar), مِهْتَار‎ (mihtār), مَهْتَار‎ (mahtār)
Urdu: مہتر‎ (mehtar)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “مهتر”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

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