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Tengriism

Tengriism is the alternative spelling of Tengrism.

Meaning of Tengrism

Noun

Tengrism (uncountable)

  1. A Central Asian religion characterized by features of shamanism, animism, totemism, both polytheism and monotheism, and ancestor worship, and formerly the state religion of the six ancient Turkic states.
    Synonyms:
    Tengrianism

Origin of Tengriism

From Tengri + -ism.

Questions about Tengriism

What is Tengriism the alternative spelling of?
Tengriism is the alternative spelling of Tengrism.

Words near Tengriism in the dictionary

  1. Tengolf
  2. Tengri
  3. Tengri Tagh
  4. Tengrian
  5. Tengrianism
  6. Tengriism
  7. Tengriist
  8. Tengriists
  9. Tengrism
  10. Tengrist
  11. Tengrists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Tengriism (page history and authors); Tengrism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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