तैमूर

Hindi

Etymology

Either through Classical Persian تیمور (taymur) or directly from Chagatai تیمور (temür, literally “iron”) by way of the Chagatai heritage of the Mughal Empire elite.

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *temür (“iron”).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /t̪ɛː.muːɾ/

Proper noun

तैमूर • (taimūr) ?

  1. Timur; Tamerlane (Turco-Mongol conqueror and the founder of the Timurid Empire in Persia and Central Asia)
    Synonym: तैमूरलंग (taimūrlaṅg)
  2. a male given name, Taimur or Taimoor, from Turkic, meaning “strong, steel”
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