廓爾喀
See also: 廓尔喀
Chinese edit
phonetic | ||||
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trad. (廓爾喀) | 廓 | 爾 | 喀 | |
simp. (廓尔喀) | 廓 | 尔 | 喀 |
Etymology edit
Transliteration of Manchu ᠺᠣᡵᠺᠠ (k'ork'a, “Gurkha”), from Classical Tibetan གོར་ཁ (gor kha, “Gurkha”), from Middle Nepali गोर्खा (gorkhā, “Gurkha”), from Sanskrit गोरक्ष (gorakṣa, “cowherd”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
廓爾喀
- Gurkha
- (~縣) Gorkha (a district of Nepal)
- (historical) (~王國) Gorkha Kingdom; Kingdom of Nepal