𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃
Old Turkic
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *teŋri (“sky, heaven, god”). Compare Turkish tanrı (“god”).
Proper noun
𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃 (Teŋri)
- Tengri, the chief deity of Turkic mythology.
Noun
𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃 (teŋri)
- god
- sky, heaven
Synonyms
- (sky): 𐰚𐰇𐰚 (kök)
References
- 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