timur

1. 1.

   Mongolian ruler of Samarkand who led his nomadic hordes to conquer an area from Turkey to Mongolia (1336-1405)

   SynonymsTamerlaneTamburlaineTimur Lenk

   Broaderruler

Other forms of timur

plural

timurs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about timur

What does timur mean?

timur means "Mongolian ruler of Samarkand who led his nomadic hordes to conquer an area from Turkey to Mongolia (1336-1405)".

How many syllables are in timur?

timur has 2 syllables: tim-ur. The stress falls on "tim". In IPA it is /ˈtɪmɚ/.

What is another word for timur?

Close synonyms include Tamerlane, Tamburlaine, Timur Lenk. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is timur a common word?

timur is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.