Akhtar

English Alternative forms en Akhter Aktar Akter Etymology en inc-hnd - (through en hi अख़्तर / en ur اَخْتَر) and/or directly from en fa-cls اَخْتَر star, in turn from en pal 𐭠𐭧𐭲𐭫 ʾhtl axtar Phlv, an ancient backformation from pal 𐭠𐭯𐭠𐭧𐭲𐭫 ʾpʾhtl abāxtar Phlv planet, due to a mistaken folk etymology that the first element ab- was a negative suffix, since Zoroastrianism considers the planets to be nefarious "un-stars" due to their astronomically odd behavior.AXTAR Eilers W. Encyclopædia Iranica 123 https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/axtar-middle-and-new-persian-star-or-constellation 30 December 2012 III/2 en Tara sitara. Proper noun s en unisex Persian. en Persian. Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Akhtar is the 7785th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4260 individuals. Akhtar is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (89.81%) individuals. References Further reading