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Tengri

Tengri proper noun: the chief deity of various historic pagan Turkic peoples.

Proper noun

Tengri

  1. (Turkic mythology) The chief deity of various historic pagan Turkic peoples.

Tengri meaning in Marathi

Tengri in Marathi

Turkic sky god
तेंगरी teṅgrī

Origin of Tengri

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

Words formed from Tengri

Phrases with Tengri

Questions about Tengri

What does Tengri mean?
Tengri means the chief deity of various historic pagan Turkic peoples.
What is Tengri in Marathi?
Tengri in Marathi is तेंगरी (teṅgrī). See Tengri meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is Tengri?
Tengri is a proper noun.

Words near Tengri in the dictionary

  1. Tenglish
  2. Tengmalm's owl
  3. Tengmalm's owls
  4. Tengnoupal
  5. Tengolf
  6. Tengri
  7. Tengri Tagh
  8. Tengrian
  9. Tengrianism
  10. Tengriism
  11. Tengriist

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