"teŋri" meaning in Proto-Turkic

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Noun

Etymology: The Old Chinese transcription 撐黎/撐犁 (ṭhāŋ-rə̄j) of the Xiongnu word 'sky' has been identified to have been borrowed Proto-Turkic *teŋri. Vovin (2003) has suggested Yeniseian origin, but this has not found widespread support. Some descendants, including Chuvash and Oghuz, point into the back-ablauted variant *taŋrï. Head templates: {{head|trk-pro|noun}} *teŋri Inflection templates: {{trk-pro-decl-noun|e}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], teŋri [nominative, singular], teŋrini [accusative, singular], teŋrig [accusative, singular], teŋrinig [accusative, singular], teŋriniŋ [genitive, singular], teŋrike [dative, singular], teŋride [locative, singular], teŋriden [ablative, singular], teŋrigerü [allative, singular], teŋrin [instrumental, singular], teŋriče [equative, singular], teŋrileyü [error-unrecognized-form, singular], teŋriligü [comitative, singular]
  1. sky Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-teŋri-trk-pro-noun-BfUU-ufK
  2. Sky deity; Tengri Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-teŋri-trk-pro-noun-5mfOO77Q Categories (other): Proto-Turkic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Proto-Turkic entries with incorrect language header: 2 98

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{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Oghur:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Volga Bulgar:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cv",
            "2": "турӑ"
          },
          "expansion": "Chuvash: турӑ (tură)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Chuvash: турӑ (tură)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xbo",
            "2": "ταγγρα"
          },
          "expansion": "Bulgar: ταγγρα",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danube Bulgar: ταγγρα"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xbo",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "a name of mountain that located in Bulgaria, Mount Musala; named by Bulgars during Asparukh Period",
            "tr": "Tangra"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bulgar: [script needed] (Tangra, “a name of mountain that located in Bulgaria, Mount Musala; named by Bulgars during Asparukh Period”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bulgar: [script needed] (Tangra, “a name of mountain that located in Bulgaria, Mount Musala; named by Bulgars during Asparukh Period”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "trk-cmn",
            "2": "*teŋri"
          },
          "expansion": "Common Turkic: *teŋri",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "trk-cmn",
            "2": "*taŋrï",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "*taŋrï",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Common Turkic: *teŋri, *taŋrï"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xgn-pro",
            "2": "*teŋgeri",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Mongolic: *teŋgeri",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Mongolic: *teŋgeri"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xng",
            "2": "ᠲᠩᠷᠢ"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Mongol: ᠲᠩᠷᠢ (tŋri)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Mongol: ᠲᠩᠷᠢ (tŋri)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cmg",
            "2": "ᠲᠩᠷᠢ"
          },
          "expansion": "Classical Mongolian: ᠲᠩᠷᠢ (tŋri)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Classical Mongolian: ᠲᠩᠷᠢ (tŋri)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 5,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mn",
            "2": "тэнгэр"
          },
          "expansion": "Mongolian: тэнгэр (tenger)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mongolian: тэнгэр (tenger)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "trk-ogz-pro",
            "2": "*daŋrï"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Oghuz: *daŋrï",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Oghuz: *daŋrï"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "trk-oat",
            "2": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Old Anatolian Turkish:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Anatolian Turkish:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "تكری"
          },
          "expansion": "Ottoman Turkish: تكری, تڭری, طاڭری, طاكری\nTurkish: tanrı\n→ Gagauz: tanrı\n→ Laz: თანგრი (tangri), ტანგრი (ťangri), თრანგი (trangi), თანრი (tanri)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ottoman Turkish: تكری, تڭری, طاڭری, طاكری\nTurkish: tanrı\n→ Gagauz: tanrı\n→ Laz: თანგრი (tangri), ტანგრი (ťangri), თრანგი (trangi), თანრი (tanri)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "tanrı"
          },
          "expansion": "Azerbaijani: tanrı",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Azerbaijani: tanrı"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "slr",
            "2": "danru"
          },
          "expansion": "Salar: danru",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Salar: danru"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tk",
            "2": "taňry"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkmen: taňry",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkmen: taňry"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Karluk:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xqa",
            "2": "تَنْكْرٖى"
          },
          "expansion": "Karakhanid: تَنْكْرٖى",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Karakhanid: تَنْكْرٖى"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "chg",
            "2": "تینگری"
          },
          "expansion": "Chagatai: تینگری",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Chagatai: تینگری"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "tangri"
          },
          "expansion": "Uzbek: tangri",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Uzbek: tangri"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ug",
            "2": "تەڭرى"
          },
          "expansion": "Uyghur: تەڭرى (tengri)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Uyghur: تەڭرى (tengri)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Kipchak:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "qwm",
            "2": "tengeri"
          },
          "expansion": "Kipchak: tengeri",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Codex Cumanicus"
          },
          "expansion": "(Codex Cumanicus)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kipchak: tengeri (Codex Cumanicus)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zkh",
            "2": "تنکری",
            "tr": "täñri"
          },
          "expansion": "Khorezmian Turkic: تنکری (täñri)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Khorezmian Turkic: تنکری (täñri)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "North Kipchak:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ba",
            "2": "тәңре"
          },
          "expansion": "Bashkir: тәңре (təñre)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bashkir: тәңре (təñre)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tt",
            "2": "тәңре"
          },
          "expansion": "Tatar: тәңре (täñre)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tatar: тәңре (täñre)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "West Kipchak:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kum",
            "2": "тенгири"
          },
          "expansion": "Kumyk: тенгири (teñiri)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kumyk: тенгири (teñiri)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "krc",
            "2": "тейри"
          },
          "expansion": "Karachay-Balkar: тейри (teyri)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Karachay-Balkar: тейри (teyri)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "crh",
            "2": "tañrı"
          },
          "expansion": "Crimean Tatar: tañrı",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Crimean Tatar: tañrı"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "East Kipchak:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "alt",
            "2": "теҥери"
          },
          "expansion": "Southern Altai: теҥери (teŋeri)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Southern Altai: теҥери (teŋeri)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ky",
            "2": "теңир"
          },
          "expansion": "Kyrgyz: теңир (teŋir)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kyrgyz: теңир (teŋir)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "South Kipchak:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kaa",
            "2": "тәңир"
          },
          "expansion": "Karakalpak: тәңир",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Karakalpak: тәңир"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kk",
            "2": "тәңір"
          },
          "expansion": "Kazakh: тәңір (täñır)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kazakh: тәңір (täñır)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nog",
            "2": "таьнъир"
          },
          "expansion": "Nogai: таьнъир (täñir)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Nogai: таьнъир (täñir)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Siberian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "otk",
            "2": "𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Turkic: 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃 (t²ŋr²i)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Turkic: 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃 (t²ŋr²i)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "North Siberian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sah",
            "2": "таҥара"
          },
          "expansion": "Yakut: таҥара (tañara)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Yakut: таҥара (tañara)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "South Siberian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Yenisei:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 5,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kjh",
            "2": "тигiр"
          },
          "expansion": "Khakas: тигiр (tigir)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Khakas: тигiр (tigir)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 5,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cjs",
            "2": "тегри",
            "tr": "tegri"
          },
          "expansion": "Shor: тегри (tegri)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shor: тегри (tegri)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Sayan:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 5,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tyv",
            "2": "дээр"
          },
          "expansion": "Tuvan: дээр (deer)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tuvan: дээр (deer)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 5,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kim",
            "2": "дээрі"
          },
          "expansion": "Tofa: дээрі",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tofa: дээрі"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "atv",
            "2": "тегре"
          },
          "expansion": "Northern Altai: тегре (tegre)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Northern Altai: тегре (tegre)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ybe",
            "2": "teŋïr"
          },
          "expansion": "Western Yugur: teŋïr",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ybe",
            "2": "tiŋïr",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "tiŋïr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Western Yugur: teŋïr, tiŋïr"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The Old Chinese transcription 撐黎/撐犁 (ṭhāŋ-rə̄j) of the Xiongnu word 'sky' has been identified to have been borrowed Proto-Turkic *teŋri. Vovin (2003) has suggested Yeniseian origin, but this has not found widespread support. Some descendants, including Chuvash and Oghuz, point into the back-ablauted variant *taŋrï.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trk-pro-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teŋri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teŋrini",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teŋrig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teŋrinig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teŋriniŋ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teŋrike",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teŋride",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teŋriden",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teŋrigerü",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teŋrin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teŋriče",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "equative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teŋrileyü",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teŋriligü",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "trk-pro",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "*teŋri",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "e"
      },
      "name": "trk-pro-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Turkic",
  "lang_code": "trk-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/teŋri",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sky"
      ],
      "id": "en-teŋri-trk-pro-noun-BfUU-ufK",
      "links": [
        [
          "sky",
          "sky"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 98",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Turkic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Sky deity; Tengri"
      ],
      "id": "en-teŋri-trk-pro-noun-5mfOO77Q",
      "links": [
        [
          "deity",
          "deity"
        ],
        [
          "Tengri",
          "Tengri"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Old Chinese",
    "Xiongnu",
    "Yeniseian"
  ],
  "word": "teŋri"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Proto-Turkic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Proto-Turkic lemmas",
    "Proto-Turkic nouns",
    "trk-pro:Religion"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Oghur:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Volga Bulgar:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cv",
            "2": "турӑ"
          },
          "expansion": "Chuvash: турӑ (tură)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Chuvash: турӑ (tură)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xbo",
            "2": "ταγγρα"
          },
          "expansion": "Bulgar: ταγγρα",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danube Bulgar: ταγγρα"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xbo",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "a name of mountain that located in Bulgaria, Mount Musala; named by Bulgars during Asparukh Period",
            "tr": "Tangra"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bulgar: [script needed] (Tangra, “a name of mountain that located in Bulgaria, Mount Musala; named by Bulgars during Asparukh Period”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bulgar: [script needed] (Tangra, “a name of mountain that located in Bulgaria, Mount Musala; named by Bulgars during Asparukh Period”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "trk-cmn",
            "2": "*teŋri"
          },
          "expansion": "Common Turkic: *teŋri",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "trk-cmn",
            "2": "*taŋrï",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "*taŋrï",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Common Turkic: *teŋri, *taŋrï"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xgn-pro",
            "2": "*teŋgeri",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Mongolic: *teŋgeri",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Mongolic: *teŋgeri"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xng",
            "2": "ᠲᠩᠷᠢ"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Mongol: ᠲᠩᠷᠢ (tŋri)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Mongol: ᠲᠩᠷᠢ (tŋri)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cmg",
            "2": "ᠲᠩᠷᠢ"
          },
          "expansion": "Classical Mongolian: ᠲᠩᠷᠢ (tŋri)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Classical Mongolian: ᠲᠩᠷᠢ (tŋri)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 5,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mn",
            "2": "тэнгэр"
          },
          "expansion": "Mongolian: тэнгэр (tenger)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mongolian: тэнгэр (tenger)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "trk-ogz-pro",
            "2": "*daŋrï"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Oghuz: *daŋrï",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Oghuz: *daŋrï"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "trk-oat",
            "2": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Old Anatolian Turkish:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Anatolian Turkish:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "تكری"
          },
          "expansion": "Ottoman Turkish: تكری, تڭری, طاڭری, طاكری\nTurkish: tanrı\n→ Gagauz: tanrı\n→ Laz: თანგრი (tangri), ტანგრი (ťangri), თრანგი (trangi), თანრი (tanri)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ottoman Turkish: تكری, تڭری, طاڭری, طاكری\nTurkish: tanrı\n→ Gagauz: tanrı\n→ Laz: თანგრი (tangri), ტანგრი (ťangri), თრანგი (trangi), თანრი (tanri)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "tanrı"
          },
          "expansion": "Azerbaijani: tanrı",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Azerbaijani: tanrı"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "slr",
            "2": "danru"
          },
          "expansion": "Salar: danru",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Salar: danru"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tk",
            "2": "taňry"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkmen: taňry",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkmen: taňry"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Karluk:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xqa",
            "2": "تَنْكْرٖى"
          },
          "expansion": "Karakhanid: تَنْكْرٖى",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Karakhanid: تَنْكْرٖى"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "chg",
            "2": "تینگری"
          },
          "expansion": "Chagatai: تینگری",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Chagatai: تینگری"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "tangri"
          },
          "expansion": "Uzbek: tangri",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Uzbek: tangri"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ug",
            "2": "تەڭرى"
          },
          "expansion": "Uyghur: تەڭرى (tengri)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Uyghur: تەڭرى (tengri)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Kipchak:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "qwm",
            "2": "tengeri"
          },
          "expansion": "Kipchak: tengeri",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Codex Cumanicus"
          },
          "expansion": "(Codex Cumanicus)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kipchak: tengeri (Codex Cumanicus)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zkh",
            "2": "تنکری",
            "tr": "täñri"
          },
          "expansion": "Khorezmian Turkic: تنکری (täñri)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Khorezmian Turkic: تنکری (täñri)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "North Kipchak:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ba",
            "2": "тәңре"
          },
          "expansion": "Bashkir: тәңре (təñre)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bashkir: тәңре (təñre)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tt",
            "2": "тәңре"
          },
          "expansion": "Tatar: тәңре (täñre)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tatar: тәңре (täñre)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "West Kipchak:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kum",
            "2": "тенгири"
          },
          "expansion": "Kumyk: тенгири (teñiri)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kumyk: тенгири (teñiri)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "krc",
            "2": "тейри"
          },
          "expansion": "Karachay-Balkar: тейри (teyri)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Karachay-Balkar: тейри (teyri)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "crh",
            "2": "tañrı"
          },
          "expansion": "Crimean Tatar: tañrı",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Crimean Tatar: tañrı"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "East Kipchak:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "alt",
            "2": "теҥери"
          },
          "expansion": "Southern Altai: теҥери (teŋeri)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Southern Altai: теҥери (teŋeri)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ky",
            "2": "теңир"
          },
          "expansion": "Kyrgyz: теңир (teŋir)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kyrgyz: теңир (teŋir)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "South Kipchak:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kaa",
            "2": "тәңир"
          },
          "expansion": "Karakalpak: тәңир",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Karakalpak: тәңир"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kk",
            "2": "тәңір"
          },
          "expansion": "Kazakh: тәңір (täñır)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kazakh: тәңір (täñır)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nog",
            "2": "таьнъир"
          },
          "expansion": "Nogai: таьнъир (täñir)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Nogai: таьнъир (täñir)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Siberian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "otk",
            "2": "𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Turkic: 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃 (t²ŋr²i)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Turkic: 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃 (t²ŋr²i)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "North Siberian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sah",
            "2": "таҥара"
          },
          "expansion": "Yakut: таҥара (tañara)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Yakut: таҥара (tañara)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "South Siberian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Yenisei:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 5,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kjh",
            "2": "тигiр"
          },
          "expansion": "Khakas: тигiр (tigir)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Khakas: тигiр (tigir)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 5,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cjs",
            "2": "тегри",
            "tr": "tegri"
          },
          "expansion": "Shor: тегри (tegri)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shor: тегри (tegri)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Sayan:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 5,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tyv",
            "2": "дээр"
          },
          "expansion": "Tuvan: дээр (deer)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tuvan: дээр (deer)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 5,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kim",
            "2": "дээрі"
          },
          "expansion": "Tofa: дээрі",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tofa: дээрі"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "atv",
            "2": "тегре"
          },
          "expansion": "Northern Altai: тегре (tegre)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Northern Altai: тегре (tegre)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ybe",
            "2": "teŋïr"
          },
          "expansion": "Western Yugur: teŋïr",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ybe",
            "2": "tiŋïr",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "tiŋïr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Western Yugur: teŋïr, tiŋïr"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The Old Chinese transcription 撐黎/撐犁 (ṭhāŋ-rə̄j) of the Xiongnu word 'sky' has been identified to have been borrowed Proto-Turkic *teŋri. Vovin (2003) has suggested Yeniseian origin, but this has not found widespread support. Some descendants, including Chuvash and Oghuz, point into the back-ablauted variant *taŋrï.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trk-pro-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teŋri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teŋrini",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teŋrig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teŋrinig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teŋriniŋ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teŋrike",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teŋride",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teŋriden",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teŋrigerü",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teŋrin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teŋriče",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "equative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teŋrileyü",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teŋriligü",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "trk-pro",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "*teŋri",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "e"
      },
      "name": "trk-pro-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Turkic",
  "lang_code": "trk-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/teŋri",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sky"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sky",
          "sky"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Sky deity; Tengri"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "deity",
          "deity"
        ],
        [
          "Tengri",
          "Tengri"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Old Chinese",
    "Xiongnu",
    "Yeniseian"
  ],
  "word": "teŋri"
}

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