Explore Gurkha through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like soldier or nepalese. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Gurkha meaning
- A member of the dominant ethnic group in Nepal, with a Himalayan diaspora.
- A member of this people recruited to serve in their own elite units in the British and Indian armies.
Gurkha vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Gurkha
- The main meaning on this page is: A member of the dominant ethnic group in Nepal, with a Himalayan diaspora. | A member of this people recruited to serve in their own elite units in the British and Indian armies.
- Useful related words include: soldier, nepalese, nepali.
- Possible Dutch translations are: gurkha.
- In the example corpus, gurkha often appears in combinations such as: gurkha rifles, gurkha units, and gurkha.
Context around Gurkha
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gurkha
- In this selection, "gurkha" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, british, army, 2nd, rifles, units and brothers stand out and add context to how "gurkha" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a fierce gurkha warrior who and a gurkha battalion consisting. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gurkha" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gurkha
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A teenager at an exercise session at the Salute Gurkha institute. (11 words)
A Gurkha battalion consisting of 1,500 personnel is stationed there. (11 words)
Indian Army Gurkha with L1A1 (FN FAL) and traditional bayonet Brazilian Army SOF. (13 words)
Key pieces include Gurkha shorts based on ‘40s British military attire; vests that take their cues from fighter pilots’ rescue vests; pleated camouflage trousers in shades of gray, and bomber jackets inspired by ‘50s U.S. MA1 flight jacket. (39 words)
The Telegraph revealed last week how the daughter of a British Army Gurkha veteran faces being separated from her father after losing the latest round in her four-year legal battle to live with him in the UK. (38 words)
Hari Budhamagar, a 43-year-old double amputee ex-British Gurkha soldier, scaled Mt. Everest, scripting history by becoming the first in the category to scale the world’s highest peak with an artificial leg. (35 words)
Example sentences (18)
Chatham is becoming something of a foodie hotspot too, with places like the hugely popular Taze Meze Mangal and Gurkha Brothers which specialises in classic dishes from Nepal and India.
Hari Budhamagar, a 43-year-old double amputee ex-British Gurkha soldier, scaled Mt. Everest, scripting history by becoming the first in the category to scale the world’s highest peak with an artificial leg.
Instead of the specially reared Norfolk turkey his relations were tucking into at Sandringham the prince had a scrawny chicken, freshly slaughtered by Gurkha soldiers with their fearsome daggers.
Jackman was born in Shimla in 1945 where his father, an army major with the 2nd Gurkha Rifles was stationed.
Key pieces include Gurkha shorts based on ‘40s British military attire; vests that take their cues from fighter pilots’ rescue vests; pleated camouflage trousers in shades of gray, and bomber jackets inspired by ‘50s U.S. MA1 flight jacket.
My great-grandfather: He was a fierce Gurkha warrior who left Nepal for the Himalayas of India.
Soldiers of A Company of the1st Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles preparing for a patrol at their patrol base in a Nahr e Saraj village, in Helmand, on June 22, 2010.
These battalions underwent Gurkha training, with the first and second batch sent to Sungai Petani, Kedah, and the third to Ipoh, Perak.
The Telegraph revealed last week how the daughter of a British Army Gurkha veteran faces being separated from her father after losing the latest round in her four-year legal battle to live with him in the UK.
A teenager at an exercise session at the Salute Gurkha institute.
Meanwhile, the possibility of Gurkha women joining the regiment has been discussed earlier as well.
The Terradyne site outlines the specs of the various cars, so the Gurkha can run anywhere up to 19,500 lbs, depending on the options you outfit it with.
A Gurkha battalion consisting of 1,500 personnel is stationed there.
Indian Army Gurkha with L1A1 (FN FAL) and traditional bayonet Brazilian Army SOF.
Simultaneously, the Nepalese government agreed to maintain recruitment at a level that would sustain the existing British Gurkha units and allow the establishment of additional ones.
The 1st battalion/ 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles lost one man killed.
The battalions were increased to thirty-three with the addition of 55,000 new recruits and Gurkha units were placed at the disposal of the British high command for service on all fronts.
This agreement also caused Gurkha units to be deployed in Brunei, where they remain up to this day.
Common combinations with gurkha
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: