timar

See also: tımar, tímár, and Timar

English

Etymology

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

Noun

timar (plural timars)

1. (historical) 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.

Translations

Ottoman fiefdom

• Albanian: timar (sq) m
• Azerbaijani: timar
• Bulgarian: тима́р (bg) m (timár)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蒂馬爾 / 蒂马尔 (dìmǎěr)

• French: timar (fr) m
• Greek: τιμάριο (el) n (timário)

  Ancient Greek: τιμάριον n (timárion)

• Macedonian: тимар m (timar)
• Persian: تیمار (fa) (timâr)
• Russian: тима́р m (timár)
• Serbo-Croatian: tìmār (sh) m
• Turkish: tımar (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: تیمار (timar)

• Ukrainian: тіма́р m (timár), тима́р m (tymár)

Anagrams

• Armit, Mitra, Tarim, amrit, matri-, mitra, tirma

Ido

Etymology

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Verb

timar (present tense timas, past tense timis, future tense timos, imperative timez, conditional timus)

1. to fear, be apprehensive

Conjugation

Conjugation of timar

		present		past		future
infinitive		timar		timir		timor
tense		timas		timis		timos
conditional		timus		—		—
imperative		timez		—		—
adjective active participle		timanta		timinta		timonta
adverbial active participle		timante		timinte		timonte
nominal active participle	singular	timanto		timinto		timonto
	plural	timanti		timinti		timonti
adjective passive participle		timata		timita		timota
adverbial passive participle		timate		timite		timote
nominal passive participle	singular	timato		timito		timoto
	plural	timati		timiti		timoti

Antonyms

• audacar (“to dare, be so bold as”)

Derived terms

• timenda
• timeskar

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

timar m

1. indefinite plural of time

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (timar).

Noun

timar m (plural timaruri)

1. tanner

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	timar	timarul	timaruri	timarurii
genitive-dative	timar	timarului	timaruri	timarurilor
vocative	timarule		timarurilor

Further reading

• “timar”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish تیمار (timar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tǐmaːr/

Noun

tìmār m inan (Cyrillic spelling тѝма̄р)

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

Declension

Declension of timar

	singular	plural
nominative	tìmār	timári
genitive	timára	tìmárā
dative	timáru	timárima
accusative	tìmār	timáre
vocative	timáre	timári
locative	timáru	timárima
instrumental	timárom	timárima

Spanish

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiˈmaɾ/ [t̪iˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ti‧mar

Verb

timar (first-person singular present timo, first-person singular preterite timé, past participle timado)

1. (Spain) to hustle, to con, to hoodwink, to swindle, to scam, to grift, to trick, to diddle

   Synonym: estafar

2. (Spain) to cheat, to rip off, to chisel, to rook, to goldbrick

Usage notes

• In Spain, the difference between timar and estafar and their corresponding derivatives is that estafar typically has to do with graver offense in conning and swindling than timar does. Estafar is more of an action that you could be potentially arrested for. Keep in mind as always that this can vary regionally, and in some places both terms may be entirely synonymous.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of timar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			timar
gerund			timando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		timado		timada
		plural		timados		timadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	timo	timastú timásvos	tima	timamos	timáis	timan
	imperfect	timaba	timabas	timaba	timábamos	timabais	timaban
	preterite	timé	timaste	timó	timamos	timasteis	timaron
	future	timaré	timarás	timará	timaremos	timaréis	timarán
	conditional	timaría	timarías	timaría	timaríamos	timaríais	timarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	time	timestú timésvos2	time	timemos	timéis	timen
	imperfect (ra)	timara	timaras	timara	timáramos	timarais	timaran
	imperfect (se)	timase	timases	timase	timásemos	timaseis	timasen
	future1	timare	timares	timare	timáremos	timareis	timaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		timatú timávos	time	timemos	timad	timen
	negative		no times	no time	no timemos	no timéis	no timen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of timar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive timar	dative	timarme	timarte	timarle, timarse	timarnos	timaros	timarles, timarse
	accusative	timarme	timarte	timarlo, timarla, timarse	timarnos	timaros	timarlos, timarlas, timarse
with gerund timando	dative	timándome	timándote	timándole, timándose	timándonos	timándoos	timándoles, timándose
	accusative	timándome	timándote	timándolo, timándola, timándose	timándonos	timándoos	timándolos, timándolas, timándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative tima	dative	tímame	tímate	tímale	tímanos	not used	tímales
	accusative	tímame	tímate	tímalo, tímala	tímanos	not used	tímalos, tímalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative timá	dative	timame	timate	timale	timanos	not used	timales
	accusative	timame	timate	timalo, timala	timanos	not used	timalos, timalas
with formal second-person singular imperative time	dative	tímeme	not used	tímele, tímese	tímenos	not used	tímeles
	accusative	tímeme	not used	tímelo, tímela, tímese	tímenos	not used	tímelos, tímelas
with first-person plural imperative timemos	dative	not used	timémoste	timémosle	timémonos	timémoos	timémosles
	accusative	not used	timémoste	timémoslo, timémosla	timémonos	timémoos	timémoslos, timémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative timad	dative	timadme	not used	timadle	timadnos	timaos	timadles
	accusative	timadme	not used	timadlo, timadla	timadnos	timaos	timadlos, timadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative timen	dative	tímenme	not used	tímenle	tímennos	not used	tímenles, tímense
	accusative	tímenme	not used	tímenlo, tímenla	tímennos	not used	tímenlos, tímenlas, tímense

Derived terms

• timador
• timo

See also

• timón

Further reading

• “timar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Verb

timar

1. present indicative of tima