Etymology

Tengri

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Today it means: The chief deity of various historic pagan Turkic peoples. Full definition →

Proto-Turkic *teŋri
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  1. Proto-Turkic · derived from*teŋri“sky, heaven, god”
  2. English todayTengri

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

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