Tengri
Proper noun
Meaning
Tengri
(Turkic mythology) The chief deity of various historic pagan Turkic peoples.
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Examples
Another mention of Tengri is on the severely damaged Greek inscription found on a presumed altar stone near Madara,sfn tentatively deciphered as "Khan sybigi Omurtag, ruler from god.
A reading example (right to left): transliterated t²ṅr²i, this spells the name of the Turkic sky god, Tengri ( /teŋri/ ).
Tengri may have originated in the Xiongnu confederacy, which settled on the frontiers of China in the 2nd century BC.