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Timur

تيمورIn Arabic

Meaning
Iron (in the Turkic and Mongolic languages)
About the name
Timur is the same word as Turkish Demir, 'iron'. It is popular in post-Soviet states, partly thanks to the novel Timur and His Squad. Its most famous bearer is Tamerlane (1320s-1405).
For
A boy
Origin
Other

Islamic naming guidance

  • Permissible

Draft: not yet reviewed by a scholar. This is not a fatwa.

Good meaning, nothing against it in the sources

Confidence: high

Sources

No source is recorded for this ruling yet.

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