English Explanatory Dictionary

Turkel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

Turkel Turkels

Etymology

Two main origins: * From a reduced form of the Old Norse personal name Þórketill, which is composed of the elements Þórr (“Thor”) and ketill (“cauldron”). * A Jewish Ashkenazi surname, possibly from Yiddish טערקלטויב (terkltoyb, “turtle dove”).

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