Arabic word meaning
"to choose" [1].
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) Hayri, Hayriye, Kayra, Muhtar(Turkish) Mukhtar(Urdu)
- Wehr, Hans. A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic. Spoken Language Services, 1979, page 308.
