name
Meaning 1
A surname from Irish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Malley
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CMU ARPABET: M AE1 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A gardener.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, obsolete
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History
Etymology
* As an Irish surname, shortened form of O'Malley. * As an English surname of Norman origin, from several places in France named Mailly, from Latin Mallius, a nomen. * As a Carpathian Rusyn surname, Americanized from Mlej; see Malay. Similar Slavic variants exist such as Polish Mały, Czech and Slovak Malý, Slovene Malý; see Maly. * Also as a Slovene and Slovak surname, from Malej; see Maley.
Borrowed from Hindi माली (mālī).