Tamerlane

English

Alternative forms

Tamerlan, Tamburlaine
Timur Lenk, Timur Lang, Timur-Leng
Timur, Timour

Etymology

From Persian (teymur-(e) lang, literally “Timur the Lame”). Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *temür (“iron”). See Turkish demir for more information.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtæməleɪn/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈtæməɹleɪn/

Proper noun

Tamerlane

a Turco-Mongol conqueror and the founder of the Timurid Empire in Persia and Central Asia

Translations

Turco-Mongol conqueror

Arabic: تَيْمُورْلَنْك m (taymūrlank)
Armenian: Լենկթեմուր (Lenktʿemur)
Bengali: তৈমুর লং (tōimur loṅ)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 帖木兒／帖木儿 (zh) (Tiēmù'ér)
Gujarati: તૈમુર m (taimur), તૈમુર લંગ m (taimur laṅg)
Hindi: तैमूर m (taimūr)
Japanese: ティムール (Timūru)
Kazakh: Әмір Темір (Ämır Temır), Ақсақ Темір (Aqsaq Temır), Темірлан (Temırlan)
Korean: 티무르 (timureu)
Kyrgyz: Амир Темир (Amir Temir), Аксак Темир (Aksak Temir)
Persian: تیمور لنگ (teymur-(e) lang)
Polish: Tamerlan m
Portuguese: Tamerlão m
Russian: Тамерла́н (ru) m (Tamerlán), Тиму́р (ru) m (Timúr)
Spanish: Tamerlán m
Turkish: Timur (tr), Emir Timur
Ukrainian: Тамерла́н m (Tamerlán)
Urdu: تَیمُور m (Taemoor)
Uzbek:
Cyrillic: Амир Темур (Amir Temur)

Latin: Amir Temur

Anagrams

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