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gurukul

gurukul noun: a type of school in India and in several other countries, residential in nature, with pupils living near the guru, often within the same house.

Noun

gurukul (plural gurukuls)

  1. A type of school in India and in several other countries, residential in nature, with pupils living near the guru, often within the same house.

Forms of gurukul

pluralgurukuls
alternative formgurukula

Origin of gurukul

* From Sanskrit गुरु (guru) + कुल (kula).

Questions about gurukul

What does gurukul mean?
Gurukul means a type of school in India and in several other countries, residential in nature, with pupils living near the guru, often within the same house.
What part of speech is gurukul?
Gurukul is a noun.
What is the plural of gurukul?
The plural of gurukul is gurukuls.

Words near gurukul in the dictionary

  1. guruish
  2. guruism
  3. guruisms
  4. guruji
  5. gurujis
  6. gurukul
  7. gurukula
  8. gurukulas
  9. gurukuls
  10. Gurule
  11. Gurules

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