Gurkha definitions

go͝or'kə
A member of a Rajput ethnic group predominant in Nepal.
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A member of this people serving in the British or Indian armies.
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A member of a people living in the mountains of Nepal, famous as soldiers.
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A member of the dominant ethnic group in Nepal, with a Himalayan diaspora.
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A member of this people recruited to serve in their own elite units in the British and Indian army.
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Referring or belonging to the Gurkha people.

The Gurkha royal house of Shah united all Nepal under its rule.

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Referring or belonging to a/the Gurkha soldier/units.

In 2009, Gurkha veterans were awarded better terms in the UK.

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Origin of gurkha

Nepalese from Sanskrit gorakṭaḥ cowherd Sanskrit gauḥ cow gwou- in Indo-European roots Sanskrit rakṭati he protects

Sentence Examples

  • One of the chief questions which awaited him was that of relations with the Gurkha state of Nepal.

  • But this rectified itself in time, especially through the achievements of General (afterwards Sir David) Ochterlony, who before the end of 1815 had taken all the Gurkha posts to the west, and early in 1816 was advancing victoriously within 50 m.

  • That valley prior to the Gurkha domination (1768) was under three native dynasties (at Bhatgaon, Patan and Katmandu), and these struck silver mohurs, as they were called, of the nominal value of half a rupee.

  • In 1815 the Kumaon division was acquired after the Gurkha War, and a further portion of Bundelkhand from the peshwa in 1817.

  • Dehra is the headquarters of the Trigonometrical Survey and of the Forest Department, besides being a cantonment for a Gurkha force.

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