myftar

Albanian

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Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مختار (muhtar, village headman), from North Levantine Arabic مختار (village headman), from substantive application of Arabic مُخْتَار (muḵtār, chosen). Doublet of mukhtar.

Noun

myftar m

  1. (politics) A mukhtar, particularly (historical) as a village headman under Ottoman rule and during the Principality of Albania.

Declension

Declension of myftar
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative myftar myftari myftarë myftarët
accusative myftarin
dative myftari myftarit myftarëve myftarëve
ablative myftarësh

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