Where does “тенге” come from?

тенге (Russian) comes from Kazakh теңге, from Old Turkic teŋ, from Middle Chinese 等.

тенге (Russian): tenge

Definitions

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Kazakh	теңге	tenge
2	Old Turkic	teŋ	equivalent, balanced; equal, equivalent,...
3	Middle Chinese	等	—

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