تینگری

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Chagatai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *teŋri (god, sky). Commonly used as part of تینگری تعالی (tengri ta'ala) in the literary Uzbek of Afghanistan. Cognate of Old Turkic [Term?], Kazakh тәңір (täñır) etc.

Noun

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تینگری (teŋri)

  1. God; Allah
  2. sky

Descendants

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  • Uyghur: تەڭرى (tengri)
  • Uzbek: tangri