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Mongolian
Etymology
Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠲᠩᠷᠢ (tngri /teŋri/), from Middle Mongol ᠲᠩᠷᠢ (tngri /teŋri/, 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
Noun
тэнгэр • (tenger)
- sky, heaven
- weather
- тэнгэр муухайрах ― tenger muuxajrax ― stormy weather