1. Key Attributes of the Baby Name Bakhtar
| How to pronounce Bakhtar | BAnd + KHartoum + TUmmy + pRay Each block is a syllable. Thick black border indicates stress/emphasis. Other pronunciations are acceptable. |
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| Original Spelling | باختر How to write Bakhtar in the original language |
This is a non-Quranic name included on our website for completeness.
2. Detailed Meaning of Bakhtar
Bakhtar is a Persian name for boys that means “west”, “north”, and in older Persian it meant “east”. The root of this name is the source of the English word Bactria, which was the name of a region that corresponds to today’s northern Afghanistan.
In Pahlavi (ancient Persian), Bakhtar meant “star”.