TÜRKIYE · DEFENDER
How to pronounce
Merih Demiral
Say it
meh·REEdeh·mee·RAHL
American /mɛˈriː dɛmiˈrɑːl/
Sound by sound
5 little beats. BIG = the stressed part.
- meh the ‘eh’ in bed
- REE the ‘ee’ in see — say this beat loudest
- deh the ‘eh’ in bed
- mee the ‘ee’ in see
- RAHL the ‘ah’ in father — say this beat loudest
Get it right
- meh·REE deh·mee·RAHL — stress on REE and RAHL
- Nation
- Türkiye
- Position
- Defender
Why Turkish names are more regular than they look
- C is a ‘j’ and Ç is ‘ch’ — Çalhanoğlu → chahl-hah-NOH-loo.
- Ş is ‘sh’, and ğ (soft g) is silent — it just lengthens the vowel before it.
- I without a dot is a swallowed ‘uh’; the dotted i is ‘ee’ — Yıldız → yuhl-DUHZ.
- Ö / Ü are the same rounded vowels as in German; Americans land on ‘ur’ / ‘oo’.
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FAQ
How do you pronounce Merih Demiral?
Merih Demiral is pronounced meh·REE deh·mee·RAHL in American English — 5 beats, stressing REE and RAHL.
What position does Merih Demiral play?
Merih Demiral is a defender for Türkiye (the Turkish national team).