Tengri

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Tengri

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

Derived terms

• Tengrian
• Tengrianism
• Tengrism, Tengriism
• Tengri Tagh

Translations

Turkic sky god

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腾格里 (Téngɡélǐ)

• Kyrgyz: теңир (teŋir)
• Marathi: तेंगरी m (teṅgrī)
• Russian: Те́нгри m (Téngri)
• Turkish: Tanrı (tr)

Anagrams

• Ginter, Tigner, engirt, erting, tinger