tanrı

See also: Tanrı

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *teŋri or *taŋrï (god; sky, heaven). Cognate with Turkish tanrı, see it for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɑnˈrɯ]
  • Hyphenation: tan‧rı

Noun

tanrı (definite accusative tanrını, plural tanrılar)

  1. god

Declension

Derived terms

  • çoxtanrıçılıq (polytheism)

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃 (teŋri, god of the blue sky), from Proto-Turkic *teŋri or *taŋrï (god; sky, heaven). According to G. Starostin's interpretation this word is based in a common Altaic religious or juridical term, going back to Proto-Altaic *t`aŋgiri. This proposed etymology presumes that 'sky' in Turkic has a secondary meaning being derived from the primary meaning 'God'. S. Georg proposed a loan in Turkic from Yeniseian *tïŋgVr- 'high' (see Georg 2001).[1]

The Old Turkic form is recorded by Mahmud al-Kashgari (11th century). The oldest form of the name is recorded in Chinese annals from the 4th century BC, describing the beliefs of the Xiongnu. It takes the form 撐犁撑犁 (chēnglí), which is understood as a Chinese transcription of the Proto-Turkic form.

The further origin of the word is uncertain. Also compare Proto-Turkic *teŋiŕ (cf. Turkish deniz (lake, sea) and the borrowing into Hungarian tenger); perhaps from the blue expanse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɑnˈɾɯ]
  • Hyphenation: tan‧rı

Noun

tanrı (definite accusative tanrıyı, plural tanrılar)

  1. god, deity, divinity
    çoktanrıcılık / çok tanrıcılıkpolytheism
    aman tanrım!oh my god!
  2. monotheistic God, Allah

Declension

Inflection
Nominative tanrı
Definite accusative tanrıyı
Singular Plural
Nominative tanrı tanrılar
Definite accusative tanrıyı tanrıları
Dative tanrıya tanrılara
Locative tanrıda tanrılarda
Ablative tanrıdan tanrılardan
Genitive tanrının tanrıların
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular tanrım tanrılarım
2nd singular tanrın tanrıların
3rd singular tanrısı tanrıları
1st plural tanrımız tanrılarımız
2nd plural tanrınız tanrılarınız
3rd plural tanrıları tanrıları
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular tanrıyım tanrılarım
2nd singular tanrısın tanrılarsın
3rd singular tanrı
tanrıdır
tanrılar
tanrılardır
1st plural tanrıyız tanrılarız
2nd plural tanrısınız tanrılarsınız
3rd plural tanrılar tanrılardır

See also

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill: “*t`aŋgiri”
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