Where does “تیمارجی” come from?

تیمارجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish تیمار, from Persian تیمار, from Pahlavi tymʾl.

تیمارجی (Ottoman Turkish): Timariot, a soldier of the Ottoman Turkish feudal militia, who received a timar in return for service

Definitions

  1. Timariot, a soldier of the Ottoman Turkish feudal militia, who received a timar in return for service

Ancestry of “تیمارجی”, step by step

تیمارجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish تیمار

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishتیمارcare, nurture, provision; a kind of Ottoman...
2Persianتیمارcare; nurture; provision
3Pahlavitymʾl—

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Pahlavi tymʾl →Every word from Persian تیمار →Every word from Ottoman Turkish تیمار →