Where does “帖木兒” come from?

帖木兒 (Chinese) comes from Persian تیمور, from Proto-Turkic temür — iron.

帖木兒 (Chinese): Timur; Tamerlane

Definitions

  1. Timur; Tamerlane

Ancestry of “帖木兒”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PersianتیمورTimur; Tamerlane (fourteenth-century conqueror)
2Proto-Turkictemüriron
Every word from Proto-Turkic temür →Every word from Persian تیمور →