Etymology Explorer › Old Uyghur

Where does “tnkry” come from?

tnkry (Old Uyghur) comes from Proto-Turkic teŋri — sky; Sky deity; Tengri.

tnkry (Old Uyghur): god; sky, heaven

Definitions

  1. god; sky, heaven

Ancestry of “tnkry”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicteŋrisky; Sky deity; Tengri
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