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Old Turkic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *teŋri (“sky, heaven, god”). Compare Turkish tanrı (“god”).
Proper noun
𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃 (Teŋri)
- Tengri, the chief deity of Turkic mythology.
Noun
𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃 (teŋri)
- god
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 2
𐰀𐰞𐰀:𐱃𐰞𐰍:𐰖𐰆𐰞:𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃:𐰢𐰤- āla:atlïɣ:yol:teŋri:men
- I am the road god with a dappled horse.
- sky
- Synonym: 𐰚𐰇𐰚 (kök)
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 52
𐰼:𐰉𐰆𐰽𐰆𐰽𐰞𐰆𐰍:𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰃𐱃𐰞𐰍- er:busušluɣ:teŋri:bulïtlïɣ
- The man became depressed (and) the sky cloudy.
- (shamanism) heaven
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 54
𐰴𐰆𐰞:𐰽𐰉𐰃:𐰋𐰏𐰃𐰭𐰼𐰇:𐰇𐱅𐰇𐰤𐰇𐰼:𐰴𐰆𐰔𐰍𐰆𐰣:𐰽𐰉𐰃:𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃𐰏𐰼𐰇:𐰖𐰞𐰉𐰺𐰆𐰺- qul:sabï:begiŋerü:ötünür:quzɣun:sabï:teŋrigerü:yalbarur
- The slave's words are a request to his master; the ravens words are a prayer to heaven.
Derived terms
- 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃𐰠𐰃𐰏 (teŋrilig, “devout, religious”)
- 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃𐰚𐰤 (teŋriken, “heaven-like”)
References
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “täŋri”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 393
- Tekin, Talât (1993) “t(ä)ŋri”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 67
- Abuseitova, M. Kh, Bukhatuly, B., editors (2008), “𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃”, in TÜRIK BITIG: Ethno Cultural Dictionary, Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of Republic of Kazakhstan
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “teŋri:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 523-524
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*teŋri / *taŋrɨ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill