тэнгэр

тэнгэр

Mongolian

Mongolian
ᠲᠩᠷᠢ (tŋri)
Cyrillic
тэнгэр (tenger)

Etymology

From Classical Mongolian ᠲᠩᠷᠢ (tŋri /tenggeri/), from Middle Mongol ᠲᠩᠷᠢ (tŋri /tenggeri/), from Proto-Mongolic *teŋgeri, from Proto-Turkic *teŋri. Cognate with Buryat тэнгэри (tengeri, “sky, heaven; God”), Kalmyk теңгр (tenggr, “sky, heaven; weather”), etc. Compare also Tuvan дээр (deer, “sky”), Khakas тигір (tigìr, “sky”), Yakut таҥара (taŋara, “God”), Southern Altai теҥери (teŋeri), Old Turkic 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃‎ (t²ŋr²i /teŋri/, “sky”), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰeŋ.ɡer/, [tʰe̝ŋ.ɡe̝r]
• (Hure Banner) IPA^(key): /tʰɘŋɘɾ/

Noun

тэнгэр • (tenger)

1. sky, heaven
2. weather

   тэнгэр муухайрах ― tenger muuxajrax ― stormy weather

Related terms

• (?) тангараг (tangarag, “oath”)