Home › Words › T › timartimartimar means 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.EtymologyBorrowed from Ottoman Turkish تیمار (timar), from Persian تیمار (timâr).nounA 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.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.timariot 75% match — A soldier of the Turkish feudal militia, who received a timar. vs timar →ziamet 60% match — A form of land tenure in the Ottoman Empire. vs timar →spahi 55% match — An Ottoman (Turkish empire) cavalryman, especially as recruited under a land-based system. vs timar →derebey 55% match — A feudal lord in the Ottoman Empire. vs timar →firman 53% match — a royal decree issued by a sovereign in certain historical Islamic states, especially by the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. vs timar →zaimet 52% match — A district from which a zaim (Turkish military chief) draws his revenue. vs timar →zaim 52% match — A Turkish irregular mounted militia. vs timar →precarium 52% match — A form of land tenure in which a petitioner receives a property for a specific amount of time without any change of ownership. vs timar →