Type Word Usage Arabic Scripts خار(Arabic) Meaning & History Arabic word meaning "to choose" [1]. Related ItemsDetails Given Name DescendantsKhayr, Khayra, Khayri, Khayriyya, Mukhtar, Khayrat(Arabic) Kheira, Mokhtar(Arabic (Maghrebi)) Airat, Ayrat(Bashkir) Alheri(Hausa) Mukhtar(Kazakh) Mokhtar(Malay) Mokhtar(Persian) Mukhtaar(Somali) Airat, Ayrat(Tatar) Muhtar(Turkish) Mukhtar(Urdu) Sources & References Wehr, Hans. A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic. Spoken Language Services, 1979, page 308.