تەڭرى

Uyghur

Other scripts

Perso-Arabic	تەڭرى
Latin	‍tengri‍
Cyrillic	тәңри

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *teŋri (“god; sky, heaven”).

Cognate with Old Turkic 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃 (täŋri, “god; sky”), Southern Altai теҥери (teŋeri, “sky”), Turkish tanrı (“god”), Bashkir тәңре (təñre).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛŋri/

Noun

تەڭرى • (tengri) (plural تەڭرىلەر (tengriler))

1. God