Borrowed from Arabic مُخْتَار, the passive participle of اِخْتَارَ. Sense 2 (“person acting as an agent; lawyer”) is derived through one or more Indian languages, particularly Bengali মুখতার, Marathi मुख्तार, and Urdu مختار, influenced through folk etymology by Sanskrit मुक्ति.
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