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murga

murga noun: a stress position used as corporal punishment in parts of South Asia. The punished person has to squat and loop the arms behind the knees to grip the ears.

murga: a stress position used as corporal punishment in parts of South Asia. The punished person has to...
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Noun

murga (uncountable)

  1. A stress position used as corporal punishment in parts of South Asia. The punished person has to squat and loop the arms behind the knees to grip the ears.

Proper noun capitalized: Murga

Murga (plural Murgas)

  1. A surname.
  2. A locality in the Cabonne council area, central New South Wales, Australia.

Forms of murga

Noun
alternative formmurgha
Proper noun
pluralMurgas

Origin of murga

From Hindi मुर्ग़ा (murġā, “rooster”).

Questions about murga

What does murga mean?
Murga means a stress position used as corporal punishment in parts of South Asia. The punished person has to squat and loop the arms behind the knees to grip the ears.
What part of speech is murga?
Murga can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near murga in the dictionary

  1. Murffs
  2. Murfitt
  3. Murfree
  4. Murfreesboro
  5. murg
  6. murga
  7. Murgas
  8. Murgatroyd
  9. Murgași
  10. Murgeni
  11. murgeon

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