Wiktionary:Word of the day/2021/May 25

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Word of the day
for May 25
mukhtar n
  1. In the Ottoman Empire and Turkey, many Arab countries, Cyprus, and other places: the head of a village, town, etc.; or a minor official of a province.
    1. (specifically) Alternative spelling of muhtar (“in Turkey, the elected head of a village, or of a neighbourhood in a town or city”)
  2. (India, historical) A person acting as an agent; specifically, a lawyer.

Today is عيد الاستقلال, the Independence Day of Jordan, which celebrates the end of the Emirate of Transjordan as a British protectorate and the establishment of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on this date 75 years ago in 1946.

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