English Explanatory Dictionary

timar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

timar timars

Etymology

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

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