62%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Arabic, Urdu, Kazakh Scripts مختار (Arabic, Urdu) Pron. /mux.ˈtaːr/ (Arabic) [key ·simplify] Meaning & History Means "chosen" in Arabic, derived from اختار (ikhtāra) meaning "to choose". Related NamesFamily Tree ·Details Rootikhtāra VariantsMokhtar (Arabic (Maghrebi)) Mūhtar (Kazakh) Other Languages & CulturesMokhtar (Malay) Mokhtar (Persian) Mukhtaar (Somali) Muhtar (Turkish) Categories beloved Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Entry updated October 6, 2024