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muhtar

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Noun — In Turkey, a local official chosen by voters to run a village or a city district.

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Etymology

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

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