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

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A Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in Persia and Central Asia.
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Etymology

Comes from Persian تیمور لنگ (teymur-(e) lang), literally “Timur the Lame”, and ultimately from Proto-Turkic *temür, meaning “iron” (see Turkish demir for more).

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