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timar

The English word “timar” has 1 meaning listed here.

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.

Etymology

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

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