Etymograph

English

timar

Timar comes from Ottoman Turkish تیمار ‘care, especially any kind of care and…’, and goes back to Persian تیمار.

  1. Persianc. 900–presentتیمار1timâr‘care’
  2. Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928تیمار1timar‘care, especially any kind of care and attentive service rendered to a helpless or needy…’
  3. Englishtodaytimar1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English timar

Lineage

  1. Persianc. 900–presentتیمارWiktionary, English timartimâr‘care’
  2. Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928تیمارWiktionary, English timartimar‘care, especially any kind of care and attentive service rendered to a helpless or needy…’
  3. EnglishtodaytimarWiktionary, English timar

Every English word from Persian تیمار

Today it means

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.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “timar”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Persian تیمار / timar

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