Gurkhan.

Brit.

/ˈɡəːkə/,

/ˈɡʊəkə/, U.S.

/ˈɡʊrkə/,

/ˈɡərkə/

Forms: Also Ghoorka, Ghorkha, Ghurka, Goork(h)a.

A member of one of the dominant races of Nepal, of Hindu descent and Sanskritic speech, and especially famous for prowess in fighting. Also attributive.

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Jat1622

Maratha1744

Moplah1787

Mleccha1793

Gurkha1811

Swati1815

Naga1835

Manipuri1837

Malayali1856

Ho1860

Mahsud1873

Adivasi1941

1811 W. Kirkpatrick Acct. Kingdom Nepal App. I. 339 The Goorkha envoy proposed, that, as they could not stop the circulation of the base coin with which they had been supplied, they should, at least, establish a just rate of exchange.

1822 (title) Military Sketches of the Goorka War, in India, in the years 1814, 1815, 1816.

1836 Penny Cycl. VI. 65/1 It was clearly established by the Ghorkhas..that the village of Butool had never rightly formed part of the dominions of Oude.

1848 J. D. Hooker in L. Huxley Life & Lett. J. D. Hooker (1918) I. 269 The Goorkha Sepoys are immense fellows, stout and brawny.

1848 J. D. Hooker Let. 10 June in L. Huxley Life & Lett. J. D. Hooker (1918) I. xiii. 254 Trisected..by the Goorkhas, Bhotanese and Thibetans.

1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 590/1 The four Ghoorka regiments, enlisted from Nepaul.

1905 New Internat. Encycl. IX. 388 In physique the Gurkha is very short and stout.

1914 G. B. Shaw in New Statesman 14 Nov. (Suppl.) A Ghoorka's religious conscience is respected: an Englishman's is insulted and outraged.

1918 L. Huxley Life & Lett. J. D. Hooker I. 254 The Ghurka escort.

1952 N. Morin & J. A. Smith tr. M. Herzog Annapurna ii. 30 For many years he had served as an officer in Gurkha battalions, crack units of the British Army.

1964 Ann. Reg. 1963 358 Great concern was caused..by the..decision to reduce the size of the Brigade of Gurkhas.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	gurkha
释义	Gurkhan. Brit. /ˈɡəːkə/, /ˈɡʊəkə/, U.S. /ˈɡʊrkə/, /ˈɡərkə/ Forms: Also Ghoorka, Ghorkha, Ghurka, Goork(h)a. A member of one of the dominant races of Nepal, of Hindu descent and Sanskritic speech, and especially famous for prowess in fighting. Also attributive. ΘΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Indian > [noun] > other peoples of India > person Jat1622 Maratha1744 Moplah1787 Mleccha1793 Gurkha1811 Swati1815 Naga1835 Manipuri1837 Malayali1856 Ho1860 Mahsud1873 Adivasi1941 1811 W. Kirkpatrick Acct. Kingdom Nepal App. I. 339 The Goorkha envoy proposed, that, as they could not stop the circulation of the base coin with which they had been supplied, they should, at least, establish a just rate of exchange. 1822 (title) Military Sketches of the Goorka War, in India, in the years 1814, 1815, 1816. 1836 Penny Cycl. VI. 65/1 It was clearly established by the Ghorkhas..that the village of Butool had never rightly formed part of the dominions of Oude. 1848 J. D. Hooker in L. Huxley Life & Lett. J. D. Hooker (1918) I. 269 The Goorkha Sepoys are immense fellows, stout and brawny. 1848 J. D. Hooker Let. 10 June in L. Huxley Life & Lett. J. D. Hooker (1918) I. xiii. 254 Trisected..by the Goorkhas, Bhotanese and Thibetans. 1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 590/1 The four Ghoorka regiments, enlisted from Nepaul. 1905 New Internat. Encycl. IX. 388 In physique the Gurkha is very short and stout. 1914 G. B. Shaw in New Statesman 14 Nov. (Suppl.) A Ghoorka's religious conscience is respected: an Englishman's is insulted and outraged. 1918 L. Huxley Life & Lett. J. D. Hooker I. 254 The Ghurka escort. 1952 N. Morin & J. A. Smith tr. M. Herzog Annapurna ii. 30 For many years he had served as an officer in Gurkha battalions, crack units of the British Army. 1964 Ann. Reg. 1963 358 Great concern was caused..by the..decision to reduce the size of the Brigade of Gurkhas. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1811
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