мәңгі

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	ماڭگى
Cyrillic	мәңгі
Latin	mäñgı

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *beŋkü (“eternal”). Doublet of нөң (nöñ).

Cognate with Bashkir мәңге (məñge), Kyrgyz маңги (maŋgi), меңги (meŋgi, “eternal”), Southern Altai мӧҥкӱ (möŋkü, “eternity; permanent snow at mountain tops”), Uzbek mangu (“eternal”), Khakas мӧге (möge), мӱгӱ (mügü), мӱкӱ (mükü, “eternal”), Tuvan мөңге (möñge, “eternal”), Yakut мэҥэ (meŋe, “eternal”), Turkish bengi (“eternal”), etc.

Adjective

мәңгі • (mäñgı)

1. eternal, perpetual

   мәңгі қозғалтқыш

   mäñgı qozğaltqyş

   perpetual motion machine

Adverb

мәңгі • (mäñgı)

1. eternally, forever

Derived terms

• мәңгілік (mäñgılık)