𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *teŋri (“sky, heaven, god”). Cognate with Old Uyghur 𐾀𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶 (tnkry /⁠téŋri⁠/), Karakhanid تَنْكْرٖى (teŋrī), Yakut таҥара (tañara) Turkish tanrı.

Proper noun

𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃 (Teŋri)

  1. Tengri, the chief deity of Turkic mythology.

Noun

𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃 (teŋri)

  1. god
  2. sky
    Synonym: 𐰚𐰇𐰚 (kök)
  3. (shamanism) heaven

Derived terms

  • 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃𐰠𐰃𐰏 (teŋrilig, “devout, religious”)
  • 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃𐰚𐰤 (teŋriken, “heaven-like”)

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “täŋri”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 393
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “teŋri:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 523-524
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*teŋri / *taŋrɨ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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