name
Timur
tee-MOOR
/tɪˈmʊər/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
timur
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Turkic/Mongolic (Central Asia)
- Meaning
- Iron; made of iron
- Gender
- male
Pronunciation tips
Name of Timur (Tamerlane), the 14th-century conqueror who built an empire from Anatolia to India; 'Timur' = iron in Turkic; an enduring name across Central Asia, Russia, and Turkey
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