Where does “تۆمۈرچى” come from?

تۆمۈرچى (Uyghur) comes from Uyghur تۆمۈر, from Persian تیمور, from Proto-Turkic temür — iron.

تۆمۈرچى (Uyghur): blacksmith, iron worker

Definitions

  1. blacksmith, iron worker

Ancestry of “تۆمۈرچى”, step by step

تۆمۈرچى traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Uyghur تۆمۈر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Uyghurتۆمۈرiron
2PersianتیمورTimur; Tamerlane (fourteenth-century conqueror)
3Proto-Turkictemüriron

via Uyghur ـچى

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Uyghurـچىnoun-forming suffixes; adjective-forming suffixes
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic temür →Every word from Persian تیمور →Every word from Uyghur تۆمۈر →