𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *teŋri (“sky, heaven, god”). Cognate with Old Uyghur 𐾀𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶 (tnkry), 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
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “t(ä)ŋri”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 67
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “teŋri:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 523-524
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*teŋri / *taŋrɨ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill