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

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

Gurkha
廓爾喀軍人／廓尔喀军人 ― Kuò'ěrkā jūnrén ― Gurkha soldier
(～縣) Gorkha (a district of Nepal)
(historical) (～王國) Gorkha Kingdom; Kingdom of Nepal

Synonyms

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