Timur: meaning and origin

تيمور

Meaning
Iron
Arabic
تيمور
Say it
tee-MOOR
Gender
Boy
Origin
Turkish
In the Quran
Not in the Quran

About the meaning

A Turkic name, common among Muslims in Russia and Central Asia. The Arabic script is only a spelling of the sound.

Other spellings

Temur, Teymur

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Questions about Timur

What does Timur mean?

Timur means: Iron. A Turkic name, common among Muslims in Russia and Central Asia. The Arabic script is only a spelling of the sound.

Is Timur in the Quran?

No. But a name does not need to be in the Quran to be a good Muslim name: what matters is that its meaning is good.

Is Timur a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Timur is a boy’s name.

How do you write Timur in Arabic?

In Arabic script, Timur is written تيمور.

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