Gurkha

Synonyms for "gurkha" (16 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (4)

Noun(4 words)
combatanteliteethnicgorkha related

Strong matches (4)

Noun(4 words)
gurkha membergurkha personinfantrymankukri

Related words (8)

Noun(8 words)
kukri bladekukri knifemilitarynepalesenepalese personregimentalsoldierwarrior

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

9 entries
NepaleseNepaliethnic descriptorethnicityknife descriptormilitary descriptormilitary personnelpeoplesoldier

More specific

14 entries
Gurkha battalionsGurkha brigadeGurkha clansGurkha communitiesGurkha cultureGurkha infantrymanGurkha languageGurkha officerGurkha regimentsGurkha riflemanGurkha sergeantcurved kukridouble edged kukrishort kukri

Collocations

11 entries
Brigade of GurkhasGurkha cuisineGurkha cultureGurkha knifeGurkha pensionGurkha recruitmentGurkha regimentGurkha regimentsGurkha soldierGurkha soldiersGurkha tradition

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

1 entries
gurkha like

Translations

15 translations across 10 languages.

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Burmese

1 entries
  • ဂေါ်ရခါး noun (military)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 啹喀 noun (military)
  • 廓尔喀 noun (military)
  • 廓爾喀 /廓尔喀 noun (military)

Dutch

1 entries
  • Gurkha noun (military)

Finnish

2 entries
  • gurkha noun (military)
  • gurkha-sotilas noun (military)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • ગુરખો noun (military)

Hindi

1 entries
  • गोरखा noun (military)

Nepali

3 entries
  • गोरखाली noun (military)
  • गोर्खा noun (military)
  • गोर्खाली noun (military)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • gurkha noun (military)

Odia

1 entries
  • ଗୋରଖା noun (military)

Spanish

1 entries
  • gurja noun (military)

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying or is a Gurkha.

Source: tatoeba (852525)

An Englishman, a Scotsman, an Irishman, a Welshman, a Gurkha, a Latvian, a Turk, an Aussie, a German, an American, an Egyptian, a Japanese, a Mexican, a Spaniard, a Russian, a Pole, a Lithuanian, a Jordanian, a Kiwi, a Swede, a Finn, an Israeli, a Romanian, a Bulgarian, a Serb, a Swiss, a Greek, a Singaporean, an Italian, a Norwegian, an Argentinian, a Libyan and a South African went to a night club. The bouncer said: "Sorry, I can't let you in without a Thai."

Source: tatoeba (1741482)

The Chronicle of Nepal, written in the Gurkha language, is also largely occupied with an account of sacred sites and buildings and exists in two versions, one Buddhist, the other Brahmanical.

Source: tatoeba (12077894)

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

Source: wiktionary

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