Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

turley

/ˈtɜ(ɹ)li/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.46 in modern English

Syllables: tur-ley
IPA: /ˈtɜ(ɹ)li/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Toirdealbhaigh (“son of Toirdealbhach”), a personal name composed of the elements Tor (“Thor”) + dealbhach (“-like, in the shape of”). Compare McCurley.

Origin

Source language: Irish

Word Breakdown

Root: Mac Toirdealbhaigh

Inflected Forms

Turleys (plural)

Rhymes With

early shirley curly hurley pearly burley surly girlie burly gurley curley worley

Questions

How do you pronounce turley?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɜ(ɹ)li/.
What does turley mean?: A surname from Irish.
Where does turley come from?: It is traced to Irish.

How to pronounce turley

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