These days, some claim that the Turkish word Tangri is related to the Sumerian Dingir. In this article, we want to check whether the Turkish word Tangri is related to the Sumerian Dingir.
First, it should be known that the word Tanri in Turkish is not Altaic at all, but is borrowed from the ancient Yenisei language.
The word Tanri in Turkish language is derived from Neo-Altaic Tangiri t'aŋgiri and Neo-Turkic teŋri Tengri [
