Uyghur edit

Other scripts
Perso-Arabic تەڭرى
Latin tengri
Cyrillic тәңри

Etymology edit

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 edit

Noun edit

تەڭرى (tengri) (plural تەڭرىلەر (tengriler))

  1. God