廓爾喀

See also: 廓尔喀

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (廓爾喀)		廓	爾	喀
simp. (廓尔喀)		廓	尔	喀

Etymology

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Kuò'ěrkā

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄦˇ ㄎㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Kuò'ěrkā
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄦˇ ㄎㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Kuò-ěrka
    • Wade–Giles: Kʻuo⁴-êrh³-kʻa¹
    • Yale: Kwò-ěr-kā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Kuoheelka
    • Palladius: Коэрка (Koerka)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰä⁵⁵/

Proper noun

廓爾喀

1. Gurkha

   廓爾喀軍人／廓尔喀军人  ―  Kuò'ěrkā jūnrén  ―  Gurkha soldier

2. (～縣) Gorkha (a district of Nepal)
3. (historical) (～王國) Gorkha Kingdom; Kingdom of Nepal

Synonyms

• (Gurkha): (Hong Kong Cantonese) 啹喀, (Singapore) 辜加