Timur

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Date	Editor	Change Summary
10/6/2024, 9:08 PM	Mike C	update #116
4/23/2024, 9:35 PM	Mike C	update #115
6/9/2023, 2:32 PM	Mike C	update #114
4/25/2021, 10:07 PM	Mike C	update #110
12/14/2019, 2:25 PM	Mike C	update #106
1/22/2019, 10:01 AM	Mike C	update #101
2/12/2018, 1:19 AM	Mike C	update #98
12/8/2017, 12:41 PM	Mike C	update #97
7/2/2017, 10:39 PM	Mike C	update #95
1/10/2017, 9:56 AM	Mike C	update #94
12/3/2014, 12:28 AM	Mike C	update #89
3/21/2014, 10:33 PM	Mike C	update #88
1/25/2013, 11:59 PM	Mike C	update #85
10/10/2012, 5:50 PM	Mike C	update #84
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Masculine

Usage Tatar, Chechen, Kazakh, Uzbek, Turkish, Russian, History

Scripts Тимур(Tatar, Chechen, Kazakh, Uzbek, Russian) Төмөр(Mongolian Cyrillic)

Pronounced Pron. /tʲɪ.ˈmur/(Russian) /tɪ.ˈmʊɹ/(English)

Note In Turkish this name is written with a dotted İ. It appears as TİMUR in uppercase and timur in lowercase.

Meaning & History

From the Turkic and Mongol name Temür meaning "iron". This was the name of several Mongol, Turkic and Yuan leaders. A notable bearer was Timur, also known as Tamerlane (from Persian تیمور لنگ (Tīmūr e Lang) meaning "Timur the lame"), a 14th-century Turkic leader who conquered large areas of western Asia.