Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gupta

/ɡˈʊptə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English

Syllables: gup-ta
IPA: /ɡˈʊptə/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An Indian surname.

Example Sentences

"“People don’t come to therapy until they’re having the equivalent of an emotional heart attack,” psychotherapist Lori Gottlieb told CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta on his podcast Chasing Life recently."

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit गुप्त (gupta).

Inflected Forms

Guptas (plural)

Derived Forms

Guptagate

Questions

How do you pronounce gupta?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡˈʊptə/.
What does gupta mean?: An Indian surname.
Where does gupta come from?: Transliteration of Sanskrit गुप्त (gupta).

How to pronounce gupta

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