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تیمور
“strong, steel”
تیمور is used as a given name. One interpretation is “strong, steel.”
Persian and Urdu and chgWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: Teymur.
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “strong, steel.”
Where it comes from
تیمور comes from Classical Persian, and ultimately from Proto-Turkic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Classical Persian تَیمور (taymur), from Chagatai تیمور (temür, “iron”), from Proto-Turkic *temür (“iron”); its root is Proto-Turkic *temür.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
تیمور’s family of names
In Chagatai usage, تیمور has a later derivative in Timur.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
تیمور has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Persian roots to each of them.
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named تیمور
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