गोर्खा

Nepali

Etymology

Corrupted form of गोरखा (gorakhā), named after गोरख (gorakh, “Gorakhnath”), from Sanskrit गोरक्ष (gorakṣa)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɡorkʰä]

• Phonetic Devanagari: गोर्खा

Proper noun

गोर्खा • (gorkhā)

1. Gorkha district (a district of Gandaki Pradesh, Nepal)
2. inhabitant of Gorkha district

Declension

Declension of गोर्खा
	Singular
nominative	गोर्खा [ɡorkʰä]
accusative	गोर्खालाई [ɡorkʰäläi]
instrumental/ergative	गोर्खाले [ɡorkʰäle]
dative	गोर्खालाई [ɡorkʰäläi]
ablative	गोर्खाबाट [ɡorkʰäbäʈʌ]
genitive	गोर्खाको [ɡorkʰäko]
locative	गोर्खामा [ɡorkʰämä]
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.