Tamerlane
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Persian تیمور لنگ (teymur-(e) lang, literally “Timur the Lame”). Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *temür (“iron”). See Turkish demir for more information.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editTamerlane
- a Turco-Mongol conqueror and the founder of the Timurid Empire in Persia and Central Asia
Translations
editTurco-Mongol conqueror
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