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Gorkha

Gorkha is the dated 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 Gorkha

pluralGorkhas

Questions about Gorkha

What is Gorkha the dated form of?
Gorkha is the dated form of Gurkha.

Words near Gorkha in the dictionary

  1. gorjus
  2. gork
  3. Gorka
  4. Gorkas
  5. gorked
  6. Gorkha
  7. Gorkhali
  8. Gorkhalis
  9. gorkhar
  10. Gorkhas
  11. Gorki

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Gorkha (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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