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Ghurkha

Ghurkha is the alternative 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 Ghurkha

pluralGhurkhas

Questions about Ghurkha

What is Ghurkha the alternative form of?
Ghurkha is the alternative form of Gurkha.

Words near Ghurkha in the dictionary

  1. ghurab
  2. ghurabs
  3. ghural
  4. ghurals
  5. Ghurid
  6. Ghurkha
  7. Ghurkhas
  8. ghurra
  9. ghurras
  10. ghurree
  11. ghurrees

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Ghurkha (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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