тэнгэр

Mongolian

Mongolian
ᠲᠩᠷᠢ
(tŋri)
Cyrillic
тэнгэр
(tenger)

Etymology

From Classical Mongolian ᠲᠩᠷᠢ (tŋri /tenggeri/), from Middle Mongol ᠲᠩᠷᠢ (tŋri /tenggeri/), from Proto-Mongolic *teŋgeri, from Proto-Turkic *teŋri. Cognate with Buryat тэнгэри (tengeri, sky, heaven; God), Kalmyk теңгр (tenggr, sky, heaven; weather), etc. Compare also Tuvan дээр (deer, sky), Khakas тигір (tigìr, sky), Yakut таҥара (taŋara, God), Southern Altai теҥери (teŋeri), Old Turkic 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃 (t²ŋr²i /teŋri/, sky), etc.

Pronunciation

Noun

тэнгэр (tenger)

  1. sky, heaven
  2. weather
    тэнгэр муухайрахtenger muuxajraxstormy weather
  • (?) тангараг (tangarag, oath)
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