Ertuğrul: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation
Ertuğrul is a boy’s name of Turkish origin. It means “a brave man who is like a falcon (tuğrul, a bird of prey)”.
About the name Ertuğrul
- Meaning
- a brave man who is like a falcon (tuğrul, a bird of prey)
- Origin
- Turkish / Old Turkic
- Turkish er “man, hero” + toğrul/tuğrul “a bird of prey”. The ğ lengthens the u.
- Gender
- Male
- Pronunciation
- er-too-rool
Well-known bearer
Ertuğrul Gazi (13th century) was the father of Osman I, founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
How to pronounce Ertuğrul
Turkish spelling is phonetic: every letter is pronounced, and each letter always has the same sound. Our respellinger-too-rool is an approximation for English speakers. Turkish stresses syllables much more evenly than English, so avoid hitting one syllable hard. Tap the letters below for tips.
Letters English doesn’t haveFamiliar letters with a Turkish twist
- ğ
ğ is silent or lengthens the vowel
The soft g (yumuşak ge) is never a hard g. After a, ı, o, u it lengthens the vowel before it; between front vowels it becomes a light y-glide or disappears.
Read the soft g guide → - r
r is tapped
Turkish r is a light tap of the tongue, like the tt in American “better”; at the end of a word it often sounds breathy.
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Practice the sounds in the Turkish alphabet tool or readhow to pronounce i, dotless ı and soft g.
Ertuğrul with Turkish suffixes
Turkish adds case endings where English uses prepositions. With a personal name the ending is separated by anapostrophe (Ertuğrul'a, Ertuğrul'un), but it is still pronounced as one word. The apostrophe only marks where the name ends; the suffix itself follows the usual rules.
The last vowel of Ertuğrul is u, a back rounded vowel. So two-way suffixes take a and four-way suffixes takeu (vowel harmony):Ertuğrul'da, Ertuğrul'u.
Because Ertuğrul ends in a consonant, vowel-initial endings attach directly (Ertuğrul'u, Ertuğrul'a) with no buffer letter.
| Case | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Accusative (object) | Ertuğrul'u | Ertuğrul'u tanıyor musun? Do you know Ertuğrul? |
| Dative (to) | Ertuğrul'a | Ertuğrul'a bir mesaj yazdım. I wrote a message to Ertuğrul. |
| Locative (at / with) | Ertuğrul'da | Anahtarlar Ertuğrul'da. Ertuğrul has the keys. (lit. The keys are at Ertuğrul.) |
| Ablative (from) | Ertuğrul'dan | Ertuğrul'dan bir hediye aldım. I got a present from Ertuğrul. |
| Genitive (’s) | Ertuğrul'un | Bu Ertuğrul'un çantası. This is Ertuğrul’s bag. |
| Instrumental (with) | Ertuğrul'la | Dün Ertuğrul'la konuştum. I talked with Ertuğrul yesterday. |
Forms are generated by TurkLogic’s tested grammar engine. See every case explained in theTurkish noun cases guide, or check the harmony of any word in thevowel harmony calculator.
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Frequently asked questions
What does the name Ertuğrul mean?
Ertuğrul is a Turkish boy’s name meaning “a brave man who is like a falcon (tuğrul, a bird of prey)”. Its origin is Turkish / Old Turkic. Turkish er “man, hero” + toğrul/tuğrul “a bird of prey”. The ğ lengthens the u.
How do you pronounce Ertuğrul?
Say it roughly as “er-too-rool”, keeping every vowel short and clear. The soft g (yumuşak ge) is never a hard g. After a, ı, o, u it lengthens the vowel before it; between front vowels it becomes a light y-glide or disappears.
How do you add suffixes to Ertuğrul in Turkish?
Because Ertuğrul is a proper name, case endings go after an apostrophe and follow vowel harmony: Ertuğrul'a (to Ertuğrul), Ertuğrul'un (Ertuğrul’s), Ertuğrul'da (at Ertuğrul’s) and Ertuğrul'la (with Ertuğrul).
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