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tengri

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables
ten-gri
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The chief deity of various historic pagan Turkic peoples.

Etymology

Borrowed from a Turkic language; ultimately from Proto-Turkic *teŋri (“sky, heaven, god”). Compare Turkish tanrı (“god”).

Word Breakdown

Derived Forms

Tengrian Tengrianism Tengrism Tengriism Tengrist

Phrases

Tengri Tagh

Questions

What does tengri mean?
The chief deity of various historic pagan Turkic peoples.
Where does tengri come from?
Borrowed from a Turkic language; ultimately from Proto-Turkic *teŋri (“sky, heaven, god”). Compare Turkish tanrı (“god”).

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