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timar

timar noun: 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.

Noun

timar (plural timars)

  1. (historical) 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.

timar meaning in Persian

timar in Persian

Ottoman fiefdom
تیمار timâr

Forms of timar

pluraltimars

Origin of timar

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

Questions about timar

What does timar mean?
Timar means 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.
What is timar in Persian?
Timar in Persian is تیمار (timâr). See Timar meaning in Persian.
What part of speech is timar?
Timar is a noun.
What is the plural of timar?
The plural of timar is timars.

Words near timar in the dictionary

  1. Timagami
  2. Timala
  3. timaliid
  4. timaliids
  5. timaline
  6. timar
  7. timarau
  8. timaraus
  9. timarchic
  10. timarchies
  11. timarchy

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