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Kuruba

/kʊɹʊbə/

Kuruba noun: a member of a particular Hindu caste, traditionally shepherds.

Noun

Kuruba (plural Kurubas or Kuruba)

  1. A member of a particular Hindu caste, traditionally shepherds.

Forms of Kuruba

pluralKurubas
pluralKuruba
alternative formKurumba
alternative formKuruma
alternative formKurumbar
alternative formKurubaru
alternative formKurumar

Origin of Kuruba

Borrowed from Kannada ಕುರುಬ (kuruba).

Questions about Kuruba

What does Kuruba mean?
Kuruba means a member of a particular Hindu caste, traditionally shepherds.
What part of speech is Kuruba?
Kuruba is a noun.
How do you pronounce Kuruba?
Kuruba is pronounced /kʊɹʊbə/.
What is the plural of Kuruba?
The plural of Kuruba is Kurubas.

Words near Kuruba in the dictionary

  1. Kurtzman
  2. Kurtzmans
  3. Kurtöp
  4. kuru
  5. Kuru disease
  6. Kuruba
  7. Kurubas
  8. kuruc
  9. kurucs
  10. Kurudu
  11. Kurukh

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Kuruba (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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