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Summary

Example Orkhon inscription, spelling the name of the sky god, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengri" class="extiw" title="w:Tengri">Tengri</a> (/teŋri/); Transliterated T²NGR²I (Old Turkic Unicode: 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃).

The word is found in the first line of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orkhon_Inscriptions" class="extiw" title="w:Orkhon Inscriptions">Kul tegin inscription</a> (8th century).

The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://irq.kaznpu.kz/?lang=e&mod=1&tid=1&oid=15&m=1">kaznpu.kz</a> website (Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan) gives the beginning of the inscription as follows: (this has not been verified with published literature)

transcription: UZAG²UG² : T²NGR²I : S¹R¹A : Y¹G¹Z : Y²R² : QIL¹NTQUD¹A
interpretation: Öze Kök Teŋіri asïra yaγïz Jer qïlïntaquda ...
translation: "When the blue sky above and the brown earth below were created ..."

(note, the numerals ¹ and ² in the above transcription scheme indicate back and front vowels, respectively, intrinsic in the consonant signs)

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current09:28, 3 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 09:28, 3 January 2017485 × 161 (2 KB)127.0.0.1 (talk)<p>Example Orkhon inscription, spelling the name of the sky god, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengri" class="extiw" title="w:Tengri">Tengri</a> (/teŋri/); Transliterated T²NGR²I (Old Turkic Unicode: 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃). </p> <p>The word is found in the first line of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orkhon_Inscriptions" class="extiw" title="w:Orkhon Inscriptions">Kul tegin inscription</a> (8th century). </p> <p>The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://irq.kaznpu.kz/?lang=e&mod=1&tid=1&oid=15&m=1">kaznpu.kz</a> website (Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan) gives the beginning of the inscription as follows: (this has not been verified with published literature) </p> <dl> <dd>transcription: UZAG²UG² : T²NGR²I : S¹R¹A : Y¹G¹Z : Y²R² : QIL¹NTQUD¹A</dd> <dd>interpretation: <i>Öze Kök Teŋіri asïra yaγïz Jer qïlïntaquda ...</i> </dd> <dd>translation: "When the blue sky above and the brown earth below were created ..."</dd> </dl> <p>(note, the numerals ¹ and ² in the above transcription scheme indicate back and front vowels, respectively, intrinsic in the consonant signs) </p>
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