Tamerlane

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Persian تیمور لنگ (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

1. 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 (Lenktʻemur)
• Bengali: তৈমুর লং (tōimur loṅ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 帖木兒／帖木儿 (zh) (Tiēmù'ér)

• French: Tamerlan (fr) m
• Gujarati: તૈમુર m (taimur), તૈમુર લંગ m (taimur laṅg)
• Hindi: तैमूर m (taimūr)
• Italian: Tamerlano m
• 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

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