تكری

Old Anatolian Turkish

Alternative forms

• تنكری (tengri, teŋri), تاكری (taŋrı)

Etymology

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Proto-Turkic *teŋri

Old Anatolian Turkish تكری

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *teŋri.

Noun

تكری • (teŋri or taŋrı)

1. God

   Synonyms: بیات (bayat), الله (allāh), خدا (xüdā); see also Thesaurus:تكری

   • 14th Century, anonymous author, Dresden Manuscript: Kitāb-ı Dedem Ḳorḳud Alā Lisān-ı Tāife-i Oġuzān:

     اول اوكدكم یوجه تكری دوست اولوبن مدد ایرسون

     ol ögdügüm yüce teŋri dōst oluban meded ẹrsün

     may that great God whom I praise be a friend and give you help

   • 14th Century, Edhem bin Ḥıfẓu'llah bin Ḥasan eṭ-Ṭavīl el-Baġdādī, Tebâreke Tefsiri:

     تكری تعالی جل جلاله عزیری قلدی كه ایتدی[...]

     teŋri te'ālā 'üzeyri diri qıldı ki eyitdi [...]

     God Almighty made Uzair live and said

Derived terms

• تكریلك (teŋrilik, “godhood”)

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: tanrı
• Gagauz: Tangrı
• Ottoman Turkish: تكری (tañrı, teñri), طاكری
  • Turkish: tanrı
  • → Laz: თანგრი (tangri), ტანგრი (ťangri), თრანგი (trangi), თანრი (tanri)

Further reading

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “tanrı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Kanar, Mehmet (2018), “Tenri”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 646

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• طاكری

Etymology

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Proto-Turkic *teŋri

Old Anatolian Turkish تكری (teŋri)

Ottoman Turkish تكری

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish تكری (teŋri), from Proto-Turkic *teŋri.

Noun

تكری • (teñri)

1. god

Descendants

• Turkish: tanrı
• → Laz: თანგრი (tangri), ტანგრი (ťangri), თრანგი (trangi), თანრი (tanri)

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “تكری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 581