تكری

Old Anatolian Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *teŋri.

Noun

تكری • (teŋri or taŋrı)

  1. God
    Synonyms: بیات (bayat), الله (allāh), خدا (xüdā); see also Thesaurus:تكری
    • 14th Century, anonymous author, Dresden Manuscript: Kitāb-ı Dedem Ḳorḳud Alā Lisān-ı Tāife-i Oġuzān:
      اول اوكدكم یوجه تكری دوست اولوبن مدد ایرسون
      ol ögdügüm yüce teŋri dōst oluban meded ẹrsün
      may that great God whom I praise be a friend and give you help
    • 14th Century, Edhem bin Ḥıfẓu'llah bin Ḥasan eṭ-Ṭavīl el-Baġdādī, Tebâreke Tefsiri:
      تكری تعالی جل جلاله عزیری قلدی كه ایتدی[...]
      teŋri te'ālā 'üzeyri diri qıldı ki eyitdi [...]
      God Almighty made Uzair live and said

Derived terms

  • تكریلك (teŋrilik, “godhood”)

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: tanrı
  • Gagauz: Tangrı
  • Ottoman Turkish: تكری (tañrı, teñri), طاكری
    • Turkish: tanrı
    • → Laz: თანგრი (tangri), ტანგრი (ťangri), თრანგი (trangi), თანრი (tanri)

Further reading

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tanrı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “Tenri”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 646

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • طاكری

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish تكری (teŋri), from Proto-Turkic *teŋri or *taŋrï.

Noun

تكری • (teñri or tañrï)

  1. god

Descendants

  • Turkish: tanrı
  • → Laz: თანგრი (tangri), ტანგრი (ťangri), თრანგი (trangi), თანრი (tanri)

References

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