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Ghoorka

Ghoorka is the archaic form of Gurkha.

Meaning of Gurkha

Noun

Gurkha (plural Gurkhas or Gurkha)

  1. A member of the dominant ethnic group in Nepal, with a Himalayan diaspora.
  2. A member of this people recruited to serve in their own elite units in the British and Indian armies.

See all 4 meanings of Gurkha

Forms of Ghoorka

pluralGhoorkas

Questions about Ghoorka

What is Ghoorka the archaic form of?
Ghoorka is the archaic form of Gurkha.

Words near Ghoorka in the dictionary

  1. ghoonghats
  2. ghoont
  3. ghoonts
  4. ghooral
  5. ghoorals
  6. Ghoorka
  7. Ghoorkas
  8. ghooting
  9. Ghop
  10. Ghor
  11. ghora

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Ghoorka (page history and authors); Gurkha (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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