59%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Arabic Scripts مرتضى(Arabic) Pronounced Pron. MOOR-ta-da [key·IPA] Meaning & History Means "chosen" in Arabic. This is an epithet of Ali, the fourth caliph. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantMurtazaOther Languages & CulturesMurtaz(Georgian) Morteza(Persian) Murtaza(Urdu)