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tamerlane

Tamerlane (name) means a Turco-Mongol conqueror and the founder of the Timurid Empire in Persia and Central Asia.

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a Turco-Mongol conqueror and the founder of the Timurid Empire in Persia and Central Asia
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Etymology

From Persian تیمور لنگ (teymur-(e) lang, literally “Timur the Lame”). Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *temür (“iron”). See Turkish demir for more information.

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"tamerlane" (name) means a Turco-Mongol conqueror and the founder of the Timurid Empire in Persia and Central Asia.

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