Where does “tenge” come from?
tenge (English) comes from Kazakh теңге, from Old Turkic teŋ, from Middle Chinese 等.
tenge (English): The basic monetary unit of Kazakhstan; subdivided...
Definitions
- The basic monetary unit of Kazakhstan; subdivided...
Ancestry of “tenge”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Kazakh | теңге | tenge |
| 2 | Old Turkic | teŋ | equivalent, balanced; equal, equivalent,... |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 等 | — |