Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gurka

/ɡˈɝkə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gur-ka
IPA
/ɡˈɝkə/
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

* As a Ukrainian surname, borrowed from Ukrainian Гурка (Hurka); also [script needed] (Huriy), a borrowing from Hebrew גור (“(lion) cub”), sometimes also found in Carpathian Rusyn. * As a Polish surname, variant of Polish Górka.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Гурка, גור, -, Górka

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Questions

How do you pronounce gurka?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɡˈɝkə/.
What does gurka mean?
A surname.
Where does gurka come from?
It is traced to Hebrew.

How to pronounce gurka

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