"Tengri" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from a Turkic language; ultimately from Proto-Turkic *teŋri (“sky, heaven, god”). Compare Turkish tanrı (“god”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|trk-pro|*teŋri|gloss=sky, heaven, god}} Proto-Turkic *teŋri (“sky, heaven, god”), {{cog|tr|tanrı|gloss=god}} Turkish tanrı (“god”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Tengri
  1. (Turkic mythology) The chief deity of various historic pagan Turkic peoples. Wikipedia link: Tengri Categories (topical): Gods, Tengrism Derived forms: Tengrian, Tengrianism, Tengrism, Tengriism, Tengri Tagh Translations (Turkic sky god): 腾格里 (Téngɡélǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), теңир (teñir) (Kyrgyz), तेंगरी (teṅgrī) [masculine] (Marathi), Те́нгри (Téngri) [masculine] (Russian), Tanrı (Turkish)
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