тэнгэр

Mongolian

Mongolian
ᠲᠩᠷᠢ (tngri)
Cyrillic
тэнгэр (tenger)

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠲᠩᠷᠢ (tngri /⁠teŋ[gä]ri⁠/), from Middle Mongol ᠲᠩᠷᠢ (tngri /⁠teŋ[gä]ri⁠/, orthographically borrowed from Old Uyghur 𐾀𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶 (tnkry)), from Proto-Mongolic *teŋgeri, from Proto-Turkic *teŋri.

Cognate with Buryat тэнгэри (tengeri, “sky, heaven; God”), Kalmyk теңгр (teñgr, “sky, heaven; weather”), etc. Compare also Tuvan дээр (deer, “sky”), Khakas тигір (tigìr, “sky”), Yakut таҥара (tañara, “God”), Southern Altai теҥери (teŋeri), Old Turkic 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃 (t²ŋr²i /⁠teŋri⁠/, “sky”), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰeŋ.ɡer/, [tʰe̝ŋ.ɡe̝r]
• (Hure Banner) IPA^(key): /tʰɘŋɘɾ/

Noun

тэнгэр • (tenger)

1. sky, heaven
2. weather

   тэнгэр муухайрах ― tenger muuxajrax ― stormy weather

Related terms

• (?) тангараг (tangarag, “oath”)