𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃

Old Turkic

Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Proto-Turkic *teŋri
    Old Turkic 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃 (t²ŋr²i)

    Inherited from Proto-Turkic *teŋri.

    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
    • Clauson, Gerard (1972), “teŋri:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 523-524
    • Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*teŋri / *taŋrɨ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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