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लाहोर

See also: लाहौर and लोहार

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Etymology

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The origin is disputed. One theory, a legend, claims it to be from inherited from Sanskrit लव (lava, “Lava”) +‎ पुर (pura, “fortress; city”), literally “city of Lava”.[1][2][3] Compare Punjabi لَہَوْر (lahaur) / ਲਹੌਰ (lahaur), Gujarati લાહોર (lāhor), Hindi लाहौर (lāhaur), Bengali লাহোর (lahōr), Kannada ಲಾಹೋರ್ (lāhōr), ลพบุรี (lóp-bù-rii, “Lopburi”, city in Thailand). More at Etymology of Lahore

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /la.ɦoɾ/, [lʱaoɾ]

Proper noun

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लाहोर • (lāhor) ?

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

References

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  1. ^ खोज में उपलब्ध हस्तलिखित हिंदी ग्रंथों का त्रयोदश त्रैवार्षिक विवरण [सन् १९२६ - १९२८ ई॰]‎[1] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracharini Sabha, 1926-1928 (published 1953), page 36 of 812: “ये लाहौर का दूसरा नाम लवपुर भी बताते हैं। ― ye lāhaur kā dūsrā nām lavpur bhī batāte ha͠i. ― He states that Lavapura is an alternative name of Lahaur.”
  2. ^ रामप्रसाद बिस्मिल, मदनलाल वर्मा क्रान्त (2006) “लवपुर-लाहौर [Lavapura-Lahaur]”, in मन की लहर: कवितायें (in Hindi), प्रवीण प्रकाशन, page 22 of 100
  3. ^ Nihalchand Verma (1967) बनते बिगड़ते सन्दर्भ‎[2] (in Hindi), Hindī Pracāraka Pustakālaya, page 92 of 414: “लवपुर को इस समय लाहौर कहते हैं। ― lavpur ko is samay lāhaur kahte ha͠i.”
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