تكری

Old Anatolian Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

  • Inherited from Proto-Turkic *teŋri.

    Noun

    تكری • (teŋri or taŋrı)

    1. God
      Synonyms: بیات (bayat), الله (allāh), خدا (xüdā); see also Thesaurus:تكری
      • 14th Century, anonymous author, Dresden Manuscript: Kitāb-ı Dedem Ḳorḳud Alā Lisān-ı Tāife-i Oġuzān:
        اول اوكدكم یوجه تكری دوست اولوبن مدد ایرسون
        ol ögdügüm yüce teŋri dōst oluban meded ẹrsün
        may that great God whom I praise be a friend and give you help
      • 14th Century, Edhem bin Ḥıfẓu'llah bin Ḥasan eṭ-Ṭavīl el-Baġdādī, Tebâreke Tefsiri:
        تكری تعالی جل جلاله عزیری قلدی كه ایتدی[...]
        teŋri te'ālā 'üzeyri diri qıldı ki eyitdi [...]
        God Almighty made Uzair live and said

    Derived terms

    • تكریلك (teŋrilik, godhood)

    Descendants

    • Azerbaijani: tanrı
    • Gagauz: Tangrı
    • Ottoman Turkish: تكری (tañrı, teñri), طاكری
      • Turkish: tanrı
      • Laz: თანგრი (tangri), ტანგრი (ťangri), თრანგი (trangi), თანრი (tanri)

    Further reading

    • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “tanrı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
    • Kanar, Mehmet (2018), “Tenri”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 646

    Ottoman Turkish

    Alternative forms

    • طاكری

    Etymology

  • Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish تكری (teŋri), from Proto-Turkic *teŋri.

    Noun

    تكری • (teñri or tañrï)

    1. god

    Descendants

    • Turkish: tanrı
    • Laz: თანგრი (tangri), ტანგრი (ťangri), თრანგი (trangi), თანრი (tanri)

    References