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Akhtar

Akhtar proper noun: a unisex given name from Persian.

Proper noun

Akhtar (plural Akhtars)

  1. A unisex given name from Persian.
  2. A surname from Persian.

Forms of Akhtar

pluralAkhtars
alternative formAkhter
alternative formAktar
alternative formAkter

Origin of Akhtar

Borrowed from Hindustani (through Hindi अख़्तर (axtar) / Urdu اَخْتَر (axtar)) and/or directly from Classical Persian اَخْتَر (axtar, “star”), in turn from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭧𐭲𐭫 (ʾhtl /⁠axtar⁠/), an ancient backformation from 𐭠𐭯𐭠𐭧𐭲𐭫 (ʾpʾhtl /⁠abāxtar⁠/, “planet”), due to a mistaken folk etymology that the first element ab- was a negative suffix, since Zoroastrianism considers the planets to be nefarious "un-stars" due to their astronomically odd behavior. Doublet of Tara and sitara.

Questions about Akhtar

What does Akhtar mean?
Akhtar means a unisex given name from Persian.
What part of speech is Akhtar?
Akhtar is a proper noun.

Words near Akhtar in the dictionary

  1. Akhoury
  2. Akhouryan
  3. akhrot
  4. akhrots
  5. akhs
  6. Akhtar
  7. Akhtars
  8. akhtenskite
  9. akhtenskites
  10. Akhter
  11. Akhters

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