gurc
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly a shortening of English Gurkha (“elite Nepali unit in the British Army”), from Nepali गोर्खा (gorkhā, “inhabitant of Gorkha”).
Noun
[edit]gurc m (plural gurcs)
- (Harris, colloquial) young child, infant
- nuair bha mi nam ghurc ― when I was a wean
- (Barra, colloquial) preteen boy
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- Scottish Gaelic terms borrowed from English
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- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Nepali
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