Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

timar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English

Syllables
timar
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

timars (plural)

Questions

What does timar mean?
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.
Where does timar come from?
It is traced to Persian.

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