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adj
Referring or belonging to the Gurkha people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Referring or belonging to Gurkha soldiers.
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noun
A member of the dominant ethnic group in Nepal, with a Himalayan diaspora.
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noun
A member of this people recruited to serve in their own elite units in the British and Indian armies.
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noun
a member of Hindu people descended from brahmins and Rajputs who live in Nepal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Nepalese, Nepali
noun
a member of the Nepalese force that has been part of the British army for 200 years; known for fierceness in combat
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Broader terms: soldier
History
From Nepali गोर्खा (gorkhā, “inhabitant of Gorkha”), from गोरखा (gorakhā)/गोर्खा (gorkhā, “Gorkha District”), from Sanskrit गोरक्ष (gorakṣa, “cowherd”) an epithet of the patron deity Gorakhnath, from गो (go, “cow”) + रक्ष् (rakṣ, “protect”).
Across languages
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