Etymology

Gurka

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Ukrainian Гурка ← Hebrew גור ← Polish Górka
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The story

  1. Polish · derived fromGórka
  2. Hebrew · derived fromגור“(lion) cub”
  3. Ukrainian · borrowed fromГурка
  4. English todayGurka

* 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.

Words from the same roots

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Gorka

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