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Borrowed fromPersianمهتر(mehtar,“a chief or an elder”).
مَهْتَرorمِهْتَر• (mahtarormihtar) m
- prince
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “مهتر”, inSupplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill,page620
- Quatremère, Étienne Marc (1837),Histoire des sultans mamlouks, de l'Égypte. Tome premier, première partie.[2] (in French), Paris: Oriental Translation Fund,page162
- Quatremère, Étienne Marc (1837),Histoire des sultans mamlouks, de l'Égypte. Tome premier, première partie.[3] (in French), Paris: Oriental Translation Fund,page120
- Quatremère, Étienne Marc (1837),Histoire des sultans mamlouks, de l'Égypte. Tome premier, première partie.[4] (in French), Paris: Oriental Translation Fund,page173
Fromمه(meh,“big, great”) +ـتر(-tar).
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| Classical reading? | mihtar |
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| Dari reading? | mehtar |
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| Iranian reading? | mehtar |
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| Tajik reading? | mehtar |
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مهتر• (mihtar / mehtar) (pluralمهتران(mihtarān / mehtarân),Tajik spellingмеҳтар)
- (archaic) achief
- (archaic) anelder
- دولتمرد مهتر ―dowlatmard-e mehtar ―elder statesman