Glossary Term
Risk: Critical- Approved rendering
- Tanrı
- Transliteration
- tahn-RUH
- Rejected alternatives
- Allah (theologically usable but politically/socially contested for Christian texts in some contexts)
God
Tanrı is the term used consistently across modern Turkish Bible translations (Kitabı Mukaddes), functioning as the generic word for deity without directly invoking the specifically Qur’anic Allah in a Christian text. Allah is understood by all Turkish speakers and is not doctrinally wrong, but Tanrı is the settled convention this Language Package follows for consistency.