The story
- Sanskrit · derived fromगोरक्ष“cowherd”
- Nepali · borrowed fromगोर्खा“inhabitant of Gorkha”
- English todayGurkha
From Nepali गोर्खा (gorkhā, “inhabitant of Gorkha”), from गोरखा (gorakhā)/गोर्खा (gorkhā, “Gorkha District”), from Sanskrit गोरक्ष (gorakṣa, “cowherd”) an epithet of the patron deity Gorakhnath, from गो (go, “cow”) + रक्ष् (rakṣ, “protect”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.