Where does “Tamerlane” come from?
Tamerlane is the English form of Persian Tīmūr Lang, literally "Timur the Lame," the name of the 14th-century Turco-Mongol conqueror.
Ancestry of “Tamerlane”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Persian | تیمور لنگ | {{w|Timur}} |