Тенгри

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Turkic language; ultimately from Proto-Turkic *teŋri (“sky, heaven, god”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtʲenɡrʲɪ]

Proper noun

Те́нгри • (Téngri) m anim (indeclinable)

Tengri, god of the sky and supreme deity in Turkic and Mongol religions.

Derived terms

тенгриа́нство (tengriánstvo, “Tengrism, Central Asian religion”)
тенгри́зм (tengrízm, “Tengrism, Central Asian religion”)

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