кумир

Macedonian

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кумир • (kumir) m (plural кумири)

(paganism) idol, graven image (a statue that polytheists worship as a deity)
Synonym: идол (idol)
(figuratively, ironic) idol (an object of ecstatic adoration)

“кумир” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic коумиръ (kumirŭ), whose origin is uncertain. Perhaps a Turkic^[1] or Semitic^[2] borrowing: compare Classical Syriac ܟܘܡܪܐ (kūmrāʾ, “priest”), whence Old Armenian քուրմ (kʻurm, “priest”). Has also been connected to Ossetian гуымиры (g°ymiry, “giant”) and Georgian გმირი (gmiri, “hero”) and together with them derived from the name of Cimmerians.

куми́р • (kumír) m inan or m anim (genitive куми́ра, nominative plural куми́ры, genitive plural куми́ров)

Declension of куми́р (bian masc-form hard-stem accent-a)

^ Ranko Matasović (2016) "A READER IN COMPARATIVE INDO-EUROPEAN RELIGION". University of Zagreb. page 74. quote: "Gods were represented by giant statues (CSl. kumirъ a word of Turkic origin)."
^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кумир”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress