If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying or is a Gurkha.
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Gurkha
Synonyms for "gurkha"
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Translations
33 translations across 15 languages.
Burmese
2 entries- ဂေါ်ရခါး noun (member of ethnic group)
- ဂေါ်ရခါး noun (military)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 啹喀 noun (member of ethnic group)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 啹喀 noun (military)
- 廓尔喀 noun (member of ethnic group)
- 廓尔喀 noun (military)
- 廓爾喀 /廓尔喀 noun (member of ethnic group)
Dutch
2 entries- Gurkha noun (member of ethnic group)
- Gurkha noun (military)
Finnish
3 entries- gurkha noun (member of ethnic group)
- gurkha noun (military)
- gurkha-sotilas noun (military)
Gujarati
2 entries- ગુરખો noun (member of ethnic group)
- ગુરખો noun (military)
Hindi
2 entries- गोरखा noun (member of ethnic group)
- गोरखा noun (military)
Malayalam
2 entries- ഗുർഖ noun (member of ethnic group)
- ഗൂർഖ noun (member of ethnic group)
Mon
1 entries- ဂဝ်ရခါ noun (member of ethnic group)
Nepali
4 entries- गोरखाली noun (member of ethnic group)
- गोरखाली noun (military)
- गोर्खा noun (member of ethnic group)
- गोर्खा noun (military)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- gurkha noun (military)
Odia
2 entries- ଗୋରଖା noun (member of ethnic group)
- ଗୋରଖା noun (military)
Russian
1 entries- гу́ркх noun (member of ethnic group)
Sanskrit
1 entries- गोरक्ष noun (member of ethnic group)
Spanish
2 entries- gurja noun (member of ethnic group)
- gurja noun (military)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
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."
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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.
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The Gurkha royal house of Shah united all Nepal under its rule
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