Tamerlane
/ˈtæməɹleɪn/ name
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- 1 a Turco-Mongol conqueror and the founder of the Timurid Empire in Persia and Central Asia
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From Persian تیمور لنگ (teymur-(e) lang, literally “Timur the Lame”). Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *temür (“iron”). See Turkish demir for more information.