تیمار

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian تیمار (timâr).

Noun

تیمار (timar)

  1. care, nurture, provision
  2. a kind of Ottoman Empire fief granted by the Sultan to a spahi (سپاهی (sipahi)) in exchange for his cavalryman service and cultivated by villeins who leased it from him, timar

Derived terms

  • تیمارخانه (timarhane, hospital; insane asylum)
    • تیمارخانه‌جی (timarhaneci, nurse)
  • تیمارلك (timarlik), same as تیمار (timar)
  • تیمارجی (timarcı, who has the right to receive a rent from a timar)

Descendants

  • Turkish: tımar
  • Arabic: تِيمَار (tīmār, timar) – in Egypt and the Sudan in the 19th century tamar, meaning a hospital; now only تَمَرْجِيّ (tamargi, medical orderly)
  • Armenian: թիմար (tʿimar)
  • Bulgarian: тима́р (timár)
  • English: timar
  • Macedonian: тимар (timar)
  • Serbo-Croatian: tìmār / тѝма̄р
  • Spanish: timar

References

Persian

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /tiˈmɔɾ/

Noun

تیمار (timâr)

  1. care, nurture, provision

Derived terms

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