тэнгэр

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Mongolian

Mongolian
ᠲᠩᠷᠢ
(tngri)
Cyrillic
тэнгэр
(tenger)

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)

  1. sky, heaven
  2. weather
    тэнгэр муухайрахtenger muuxajraxstormy weather