tenge

tenge

English

Etymology

From Kazakh теңге (teñge).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛŋɡeɪ/

Noun

tenge (plural tenges or tenge)

1. The basic monetary unit of Kazakhstan; subdivided into tiyin.

Translations

national currency of Kazakhstan

Chinese: Mandarin: 堅戈／坚戈 (jiāngē) Indonesian: tenge Japanese: テンゲ (tenge) Kazakh: теңге (teñge) Kyrgyz: теңге (ky) (teŋge) Persian: تنگه‎ (fa) (tenge) Russian: те́нге (ru) m (tɛ́ngɛ) Turkish: tenge (tr) Turkmen: tenge Uyghur: تەڭگە‎ (tengge)

Anagrams

• Genet, genet

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Kazakh теңге (teñge), from Old Turkic teg‎ (teg, “as, as much as, equal”), teŋ‎ (teŋ, “equivalent, balanced”), teŋe-‎ (teŋe-, “compare, measure”). Doublet of tanggah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteŋe/
• Hyphenation: té‧ngé
• Rhymes: -ŋe, -e

Noun

téngé (plural tenge-tenge, first-person possessive tengeku, second-person possessive tengemu, third-person possessive tengenya)

1. tenge (national unit of currency of Kazakhstan)

Further reading

• “tenge” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Japanese

Romanization

tenge

1. Rōmaji transcription of てんげ

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Middle English

Noun

tenge

1. Alternative form of tenche