Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/temürči

This Proto-Turkic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Turkic

Etymology

From *temür (“iron”) +‎ *-či (“occupational suffix”).

Noun

*temürči

1. smith, blacksmith

Declension

Declension of *temürči

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*temürči
Accusative	*temürčini, *temürčig 4), *temürčinig 1)
Genitive	*temürčiniŋ
Dative	*temürčike
Locative	*temürčide
Ablative	*temürčiden
Allative	*temürčigerü
Instrumental 2)	*temürčin
Equative 2)	*temürčiče
Similative 2)	*temürčileyü
Comitative 2)	*temürčiligü

¹⁾ Possibly in Pre-Proto-Turkic.
²⁾ The original instrumental, equative, similative & comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
³⁾ Plurality is disputed in Proto-Turkic. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page in Wikibooks.
⁴⁾ Found in the Old Turkic era.

Descendants

• Medieval
  • Karakhanid: تَمُرْجىٖ (temürči)
    • → Turkish: Temürçi (a last name, learned borrowing)
  • Old Turkic
    • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (temirči)
  • Kipchak: [script needed] (temirči)
• Bulghar
  • Chuvash: тимӗрҫӗ (timĕrś̬ĕ)
• Oghuz
  • West Oghuz
    • Azerbaijani: dəmirçi
    • Ottoman Turkish تیمورجی (demirci, demürci)
      • Turkish: demirci
  • East Oghuz
    • Turkmen: demirçi
• Kipchak
  • North Kipchak
    • Bashkir: тимерсе (timerse)
    • Tatar: тимерче (timerçe)
  • Aral:
    • Kazakh: темірші (temırşı)
  • Eastern:
    • Kyrgyz: темирчи (temirci)
    • Southern Altai: темирчи (temirči)
• Karluk:
  • Uzbek: temirchi
  • Uyghur: تۆمۈرچى (tömürchi)
• → Mongolic:
  • Middle Mongol: [script needed] (Temüǰin) (birthname of Genghis Khan)
  • Mongolian: ᠲᠡᠮᠦᠵᠢᠨ (temüǰin) (a male given name)
  • → Turkish: Timuçin (a male given name)