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Goorkha

Goorkha 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 Goorkha

pluralGoorkhas

Questions about Goorkha

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

Words near Goorkha in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Goorkha (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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