Timurid
/ˈtɪm.jʊə.rɪd/noun
Relating to Timur or the dynasty founded by him, which ruled parts of Central Asia, Iran, and South Asia from the late 14th to the early 16th century.
Did you know?The Timurid court in Herat helped create a brilliant cultural flowering whose manuscript art, architecture, and scholarship strongly influenced the later Mughal Empire.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Turkic / early Turkic period
Turkic
*temür
“Iron; a reconstructed ancestral form associated with strength and metal”
Early Medieval period
Old Turkic
temür
“Iron; also used as a personal name”
Medieval period
Persian
Tīmūr
“Timur, literally “iron,” the Central Asian conqueror”
14th Century
Chagatai and Persian
Tīmūrid
“Of Timur; belonging to Timur’s family or dynasty”
19th Century
English
Timurid
“Relating to Timur or the dynasty established by him”
Modern English
English
Timurid
“Relating to the Timurid dynasty, its rulers, territories, or culture”