Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دمیر (demir, “iron”), دمور (demür), تیمور (temür) from Proto-Turkic *temür (“iron”). Doublet of Timur.
cognates
Cognate with Gagauz and Turkmen demir, Azerbaijani dəmir, Uzbek temir, Uyghur تۆمۈر (tömür), and Kazakh темір (temır).