𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *teŋri (“sky, heaven, god”). Compare Turkish tanrı (“god”).

𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃 (Teŋri)

1. Tengri, the chief deity of Turkic mythology.

𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃 (teŋri)

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. (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.

• 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃𐰠𐰃𐰏 (teŋrilig, “devout, religious”)
• 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃𐰚𐰤 (teŋriken, “heaven-like”)

• 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