لاہور

Kashmiri edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Hindustani لاہور (lāhor) / लाहौर (lāhaur) or Punjabi لہور / ਲਹੌਰ (lahaur).

Proper noun edit

لاہور • (lāhōr) m

Alternative spelling of لوہوٗر (lōhūr, “Lahore”)

References edit

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Urdu edit

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لاہور

Etymology edit

Unknown or disputed. A legend claims to be inherited from Sanskrit लव (lava, “Lava”) +‎ पुर (pura, “fortress; city”), literally “city of Lava”, from Ramayana, a Hindu epic.^[1] Compare Punjabi لَہَوْر (lahaur).

Pronunciation edit

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /lɑː.ɦɔːɾ/
(Punjabic Urdu) IPA^(key): /lə.ɦoːɾ/
Audio (PK) (file)
Rhymes: -ɔːɾ, -oːɾ

Proper noun edit

لاہَور • (lāhaur) m (Hindi spelling लाहौर)

Lahore (a city, the provincial capital of Punjab, Pakistan)

References edit

^ खोज में उपलब्ध हस्तलिखित हिंदी ग्रंथों का त्रयोदश त्रैवार्षिक विवरण [सन् १९२६ - १९२८ ई॰]‎^[1], Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracharini Sabha, 1926-1928 (published 1953), page 36 of 812: “ये लाहौर का दूसरा नाम लवपुर भी बताते हैं। ― He states that Lavapura is an alternative name of Lahaur.”

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