Gurkha
noun/ˈɡɜːkə/
/ˈɡɜːrkə/
- one of a group of people from Nepal who are known as good soldiers. Some Gurkhas are members of a regiment in the British army.Word Originname of a locality, from Sanskrit gorakṣa ‘cowherd’ (from go ‘cow’ + rakṣ- ‘protect’), used as an epithet of their patron deity.
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