دمیر

Azerbaijani

Noun

دمیر (countable and uncountable)

1. Arabic spelling of dəmir (“iron”)

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• تیمور (demir)
• տէմիր (demir) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *temür.

Noun

دمیر • (demir)

1. iron

Derived terms

• صبان دمیری (saban demiri, “plowshare”)
• دمیر یولی (demir yolu, “railway”)

Descendants

• Turkish: demir
• → Armenian: տէմիր (tēmir) — Constantinople
• → Laz: დემირი (demiri)
• →⇒ Cretan Greek: ντεμίρικο (ntemíriko)

References

• Mallouf, Nassif (1856) “fer”, in Dictionnaire français-turc, 2nd edition, Paris: Maisonneuve, page 267