Tamerlane

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Westernized form of Timur i Leng (see TIMUR).

TIMUR   male   History, Tatar, Chechen, Kazakh, Uzbek, Russian
From the Turkic name Temür meaning "iron". Timur, also known as Tamerlane (from Persian تیمور لنگ (Timur e Lang) meaning "Timur the lame"), was a 14th-century Turkic leader who conquered large areas of Western Asia.
OTHER FORMS
CHECHEN: Timur
GEORGIAN: Temur, Temuri
HISTORY: Timour, Timur
KAZAKH: Temir, Timur
MEDIEVAL TURKIC: Temür
RUSSIAN: Timur
TATAR: Timur
TURKISH: Timur
UZBEK: Timur