myftar
Albanian
Alternative forms
- miftar, muhtar
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
- (politics) A mukhtar, particularly (historical) as a village headman under Ottoman rule and during the Principality of Albania.
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | myftar | myftari | myftarë | myftarët |
| accusative | myftarin | |||
| dative | myftari | myftarit | myftarëve | myftarëve |
| ablative | myftarësh | |||