Tomyris

Variants: Thomyria, Thomyris, Tamyris, Tamiris, Thamyris, Tomiris

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Transcription: تهم‌رییش(Persian)

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Meaning: Either from Eastern Iranian Tahmirih meaning "brave" or "strong" (also compare Pahlavi tahm or Avestan takhma meaning "strong") or Turkic temür meaning "iron". This was the name of a 6th-century queen of the Massagetae (an ancient Iranian tribe) who defeated Cyrus the Great during his invasion of Central Asia.

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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomyris (in English)
- https://imya.com/name/14598 (in Russian)
- https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%87%D9%85%E2%80%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%DB%8C%D8%B4 (in Persian)
- https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/tomyris-female-warrior-and-ruler-who-may-have-killed-cyrus-great-005423 (in English)
- https://e-history.kz/en/publications/view/1282 (in English)
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/demir#Turkish (in English)

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(Information from name #22110 originally submitted by user molly)