Timurlenk

Temür means "iron" in the Chagatai language and according to the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland (1972) the term temür is possibly derived from a Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit word *čimara ("iron").[13] As an adult he was better known as Timūr Gurkānī (تيمور گوركانى), Gurkān being the Persianized form of the original Mongolian word kürügän, "son-in-law". One of Timur's ancestors who was known by the name "kara-sharnoban" embraced Islam and married the daughter of Chagatai Khan (son of Genghis Khan). Timur was thus referred to as the son-in-law of Chagatai Khan. Various Persian sources use a byname, Tīmūr-e Lang (تیمور لنگ) which translates to "Timur the Lame", as he was lame after sustaining an injury to his foot in battle. During his lifetime his enemies taunted him with this name, much to Timur's discomfort. In the West, he is commonly known as Tamerlane, which derives from his turkish , mongol byname.