Uyghur

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Perso-Arabic تەڭرى
Latin tengri
Cyrillic тәңри

Etymology

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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

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Noun

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تەڭرى (tengri) (plural تەڭرىلەر (tengriler))

  1. God