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Gurkha meaning in Myanmar

ဂေါ်ရခါး gaura.hka:

Gurkha in Myanmar: ဂေါ်ရခါး (gaura.hka:). In English, Gurkha means a member of the dominant ethnic group in Nepal, with a Himalayan diaspora.

Myanmar words for Gurkha

military
ဂေါ်ရခါး gaura.hka:
member of ethnic group
ဂေါ်ရခါး gaura.hka:

English meaning of Gurkha

  1. noun A member of the dominant ethnic group in Nepal, with a Himalayan diaspora.
  2. noun A member of this people recruited to serve in their own elite units in the British and Indian armies.
  3. adjective Referring or belonging to the Gurkha people.
  4. adjective Referring or belonging to Gurkha soldiers.

Full definition of Gurkha

Gurkha in a sentence

  • The Gurkha royal house of Shah united all Nepal under its rule
  • In 2009, Gurkha veterans were awarded better terms in the UK

Gurkha in other languages

Questions about Gurkha in Myanmar

What is the meaning of Gurkha in Myanmar?
Gurkha in Myanmar is ဂေါ်ရခါး (gaura.hka:).
Gurkha ရဲ့ အဓိပ္ပာယ်က ဘာလဲ။
Gurkha: ဂေါ်ရခါး (gaura.hka:).
What does Gurkha mean in English?
Gurkha means a member of the dominant ethnic group in Nepal, with a Himalayan diaspora.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Gurkha (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Myanmar words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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