теңге

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic تەڭگە
Cyrillic теңге
Latin teñge

Etymology

From Old Turkic teg (“as, as much as, equal”), teŋ (“equivalent, balanced”), teŋe- (“compare, measure”). Cognate with Turkish denge; see also Bashkir тәңкә (təñkə).

Noun

теңге • (teñge)

  1. tenge (national unit of currency in Kazakhstan)
  2. tenge (subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of manat in Turkmenistan)

See also

Kyrgyz

Noun

теңге • (teŋge) (Arabic spelling تەڭگە)

  1. tenge (national unit of currency in Kazakhstan)
  2. tenge (subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of manat in Turkmenistan)
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