boy name · Source-indexed record
Bakhtar
بخطر
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 todays northern Afghanistan. In Pahlavi (ancient Persian), Bakhtar meant star.
- Arabic spelling
- بخطر
- Pronunciation
- BAHKH-tahrAuto-generated reading guide
- Origin
- PersianSource-stated
- Gender
- boy
- First letter
- B
- Source
- Muslim Names Dataset (CC0 1.0)
About Bakhtar
Bakhtar is listed in the CC0 Muslim Names Dataset as a male name. The source records its meaning as “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 todays northern Afghanistan. In Pahlavi (ancient Persian), Bakhtar meant star.”. Its origin label is stated directly in the source text. Its reader-friendly phonetic spelling is generated deterministically from the published transliteration and should be reviewed for names with complex or region-specific pronunciation.
Meaning and Arabic spelling are sourced from the Muslim Names Dataset or, where provided, the record-specific provenance URL. Origin labels are source-stated where available or transparently inferred from the published script or etymological signal. Phonetic respellings are generated reading guides, not native-speaker recordings. See Sources & methodology for data limitations.