Demir
/deˈmiɾ/noun
A Turkish word meaning iron, also used as a Turkish given name and surname.
Did you know?Demir became a personal name because iron traditionally symbolized toughness, endurance, and protective power in Turkic cultures.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Turkic
Proto-Turkic
*temür
“Iron; the reconstructed ancestral form of the word”
8th Century
Old Turkic
temür
“Iron, recorded in early Turkic inscriptions and texts”
Medieval Period
Chagatai Turkic
Temür
“Iron; also used as a personal name”
14th–15th Century
Persian/Arabic historical usage
Timur
“The name of the Central Asian ruler Timur, derived from the Turkic word for iron”
Modern Turkish
Turkish
demir
“Iron; also a masculine given name and surname”
Modern English
English
Demir
“A Turkish personal name or surname, and a transliteration of the Turkish word for iron”