gurkha

What does gurkha mean?

gurkha means "a member of the Nepalese force that has been part of the British army for 200 years; known for fierceness in combat". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gurkha?

gurkha has 2 syllables and divides as gurk-ha under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is gurkha a common word?

gurkha is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for gurkha come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.