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Where does “Tengri” come from?

Tengri (English) comes from Proto-Turkic teŋri — sky; Sky deity; Tengri.

Ancestry of “Tengri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicteŋrisky; Sky deity; Tengri

Words derived from “Tengri”

  • Tengriism
  • Tengrism
  • Tengrian
  • Tengrianism
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