Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gurung

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English

Syllables
gu-rung
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of a Tibetan ethnic group living in the hills and mountains of Gandaki Province of Nepal.

name

The Sino-Tibetan language of these people.

name

A surname.

Etymology

From the Nepali surname, from the name of the Gurung people of Nepal, गुरुङ (guruṅ), an exonym itself possibly borrowed from Tibetan.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Gurungs (plural)

Questions

What does gurung mean?
A member of a Tibetan ethnic group living in the hills and mountains of Gandaki Province of Nepal.
Where does gurung come from?
From the Nepali surname, from the name of the Gurung people of Nepal, गुरुङ (guruṅ), an exonym itself possibly borrowed from Tibetan.

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