Tengri

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Tengri

(Turkic mythology) The chief deity of various historic pagan Turkic peoples.

Derived terms

Translations

Turkic sky god

Chinese:
Mandarin: 腾格里 (Téngɡélǐ)
Kyrgyz: теңир (teñir)
Marathi: तेंगरी m (teṅgrī)
Russian: Те́нгри m (Téngri)
Turkish: Tanrı (tr)

Anagrams

Ginter, Tigner, engirt, erting, tinger

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