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Goorka

Goorka 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 Goorka

pluralGoorkas

Questions about Goorka

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

Words near Goorka in the dictionary

  1. gooranuts
  2. goorappel
  3. Goori
  4. Goorianawa
  5. Gooris
  6. Goorka
  7. Goorkas
  8. Goorkha
  9. Goorkhas
  10. Goornong
  11. Gooroc

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Goorka (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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