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timar

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A fiefdom in the Ottoman Empire granted by the Sultan to a spahi in exchange for his cavalryman service and cultivated by villeins who leased it from him.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish تیمار (timar), from Persian تیمار (timâr).

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: timar — Ottoman fiefdom
  • Azerbaijani: timar — Ottoman fiefdom
  • Bulgarian: тима́р (timár) — Ottoman fiefdom
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蒂馬爾 /蒂马尔 (dìmǎěr) — Ottoman fiefdom
  • French: timar — Ottoman fiefdom
  • Greek: τιμάριο (timário) — Ottoman fiefdom
  • Ancient Greek: τιμάριον (timárion) — Ottoman fiefdom
  • Macedonian: тимар (timar) — Ottoman fiefdom
  • Persian: تیمار (timâr) — Ottoman fiefdom
  • Russian: тима́р (timár) — Ottoman fiefdom
  • Serbo-Croatian: tìmār — Ottoman fiefdom
  • Turkish: tımar — Ottoman fiefdom
  • Ottoman Turkish: تیمار (timar) — Ottoman fiefdom
  • Ukrainian: тіма́р (timár) — Ottoman fiefdom
  • Ukrainian: тима́р (tymár) — Ottoman fiefdom