62%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Arabic, Urdu, Kazakh Scripts مختار(Arabic, Urdu) Мұхтар(Kazakh) Pronounced Pron. /mux.ˈtaːr/(Arabic) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Means "chosen" in Arabic, derived from اختار (ikhtāra) meaning "to choose". Related NamesFamily Tree·Details RootikhtāraVariantMokhtar(Arabic (Maghrebi)) Other Languages & CulturesMokhtar(Malay) Mokhtar(Persian) Mukhtaar(Somali) Muhtar(Turkish) Categories beloved