tanrı
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Azerbaijani
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *teŋri or *taŋrï (“god; sky, heaven”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tanrı (definite accusative tanrını, plural tanrılar)
Declension
| Declension of tanrı | ||||||||
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| singular | plural | |||||||
| nominative | tanrı |
tanrılar | ||||||
| definite accusative | tanrını |
tanrıları | ||||||
| dative | tanrıya |
tanrılara | ||||||
| locative | tanrıda |
tanrılarda | ||||||
| ablative | tanrıdan |
tanrılardan | ||||||
| definite genitive | tanrının |
tanrıların | ||||||
Derived terms
- çoxtanrıçılıq (“polytheism”)
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تڭری (tañrı, “god”), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *teŋri, *taŋrï (“god; sky, heaven”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tanrı (definite accusative tanrıyı, plural tanrılar)
- god, deity, divinity
- Yunan tanrıları ― Greek gods
- Alternative letter-case form of Tanrı (“God, Allah, deity in monotheism”)
- Aman tanrım! ― Oh my God!
Usage notes
- In Islamic contexts, Allah is often preferred, but Tanrı is also used.