"𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃" meaning in Old Turkic

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Proper name

Forms: Teŋri [romanization]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Turkic *teŋri (“sky, heaven, god”). Cognate with Old Uyghur 𐾀𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶 (tnkry /⁠téŋri⁠/), Karakhanid تَنْكْرٖى (teŋrī), Yakut таҥара (tañara) Turkish tanrı. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|otk|trk-pro|*teŋri||sky, heaven, god|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Turkic *teŋri (“sky, heaven, god”), {{inh+|otk|trk-pro|*teŋri|t=sky, heaven, god}} Inherited from Proto-Turkic *teŋri (“sky, heaven, god”), {{cog|oui|𐾀𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶|ts=téŋri}} Old Uyghur 𐾀𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶 (tnkry /⁠téŋri⁠/), {{cog|xqa|تَنْكْرٖى|tr=teŋrī}} Karakhanid تَنْكْرٖى (teŋrī), {{cog|sah|таҥара}} Yakut таҥара (tañara), {{cog|tr|tanrı}} Turkish tanrı Head templates: {{head|otk|proper noun|tr=Teŋri}} 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃 (Teŋri)
  1. Tengri, the chief deity of Turkic mythology.
    Sense id: en-𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃-otk-name-~-KyHeRm Categories (other): Old Turkic entries with incorrect language header, Old Turkic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Mythology, Nature Disambiguation of Old Turkic entries with incorrect language header: 94 1 1 5 Disambiguation of Old Turkic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 94 1 1 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 3 3 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 3 3 11 Disambiguation of Mythology: 87 4 4 5 Disambiguation of Nature: 100 0 0 0

Noun

Forms: teŋri [romanization]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Turkic *teŋri (“sky, heaven, god”). Cognate with Old Uyghur 𐾀𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶 (tnkry /⁠téŋri⁠/), Karakhanid تَنْكْرٖى (teŋrī), Yakut таҥара (tañara) Turkish tanrı. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|otk|trk-pro|*teŋri||sky, heaven, god|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Turkic *teŋri (“sky, heaven, god”), {{inh+|otk|trk-pro|*teŋri|t=sky, heaven, god}} Inherited from Proto-Turkic *teŋri (“sky, heaven, god”), {{cog|oui|𐾀𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶|ts=téŋri}} Old Uyghur 𐾀𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶 (tnkry /⁠téŋri⁠/), {{cog|xqa|تَنْكْرٖى|tr=teŋrī}} Karakhanid تَنْكْرٖى (teŋrī), {{cog|sah|таҥара}} Yakut таҥара (tañara), {{cog|tr|tanrı}} Turkish tanrı Head templates: {{head|otk|noun|tr=teŋri}} 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃 (teŋri)
  1. god
    Sense id: en-𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃-otk-noun-VyM2DvEQ
  2. sky Synonyms: 𐰚𐰇𐰚
    Sense id: en-𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃-otk-noun-BfUU-ufK
  3. (shamanism) heaven
    Sense id: en-𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃-otk-noun-gY7-RqbC Categories (other): Shamanism Topics: lifestyle, religion, shamanism
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃𐰠𐰃𐰏 (teŋrilig) (english: devout, religious), 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃𐰚𐰤 (teŋriken) (english: heaven-like)
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