Тенгри
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from a Turkic language; ultimately from Proto-Turkic *teŋri (“sky, heaven, god”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtʲenɡrʲɪ]
Proper noun
Те́нгри • (Téngri) m anim (indeclinable)
- Tengri, god of the sky and supreme deity in Turkic and Mongol religions.
Derived terms
- тенгриа́нство (tengriánstvo, “Tengrism, Central Asian religion”)
- тенгри́зм (tengrízm, “Tengrism, Central Asian religion”)