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Lahore
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English
Etymology
en sa
en ur لاہَور, en further etymology is disputed. There are multiple interpretations of this name's origin:
A legend claims it to be from en sa - sa लव पुर fortress; city Lava (Ramayana) Lava 1 city of Lava, from Ramayana, a Hindu epic.1926-1928 (published 1953) खोज में उपलब्ध हस्तलिखित हिंदी ग्रंथों का त्रयोदश त्रैवार्षिक विवरण [सन् १९२६ - १९२८ ई॰] https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Khoja_mem_upalabdha_hastalikhita_Hindi_g/OhQMAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22लवपुर%22&dq=%22लवपुर%22&printsec=frontcover ये लाहौर का दूसरा नाम लवपुर भी बताते हैं। He states that Lavapura is an alternative name of Lahaur. Nagari Pracharini Sabha Kashi [Varanasi] 36 812
From en pa لوہار 1 blacksmith / pa ਲੋਹਾਰ, pa ਲੁਹਾਰ.https://books.google.com/books?id=JfhwAAAAMAAJ&q=Lahore+blacksmith+etymology Journal of Asian Civilisations 2001 Taxila Institute of Asian Civilisations
Corruption of en sa रवावर 1, ultimately from sa इरावती the Ravi River.https://books.google.com/books?id=8sdgrE8pn-cC&q=iravatyawar Journal of Central Asia 1978 Centre for the Study of the Civilizations of Central Asia, Quaid-i-Azam University
The earlier Persian variants of the name include ur لہاور lahāvar lhavr, ur لوہاور lūhāvar lvhavr and ur لہانور luhanvar lhanvr, among others.en M S Naz ur:لاہَور نامَہ Book of Lahore 30 https://books.google.com/books?id=3hYbAAAAMAAJ&dq=لہاور ur فرہنگ جہانگیری میں لاہور کے نام یہ ختلف شکلیں عجیب معلوم نہیں ہوتیں:
لاوہور ' لاہنور ' لوہاور ' لوہور ' لہاور ' لہاوار ' لہانور.. 1992 https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/lahore-nama-m-s-naz-ebooks?lang=ur The following forms are also not rare [strange] to have been attested in the Farhang-i Jahangiri Jahangiri lexicon as various spellings of the name 'Lahore':
Lavhur, Lahnur, Lohavur, Lohur, Luhavar, Luhavar, Luhanvar.. Further see Etymology of Lahore.
Pronunciation
en /ləˈhɔːr/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Lahore.wav US
Proper noun
en Q11739 en city/provincial capital p/Punjab c/Pakistan The second largest city of Pakistan and the provincial capital of Punjab; located on the Ravi river.
Derived terms
en Lahori Lahorite Lollywood
Translations
Lahore
Arabic: ar لَاهُور m lahūr
Baluchi: bal
Bengali: bn লাহোর
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 拉合爾 Lāhé'ěr
Finnish: fi Lahore
French: fr Lahore
Georgian: ka ლაჰორი
German: de Lahore n
Greek: el Λαχώρη, el Λαχόρη f
Gujarati: gu લાહોર n
Hebrew: he לאהור
Hindi: hi लाहौर, hi लाहोर m, hi लहोर m, hi लहौर m, hi लवपुर m, hi लवपुरी f
Hungarian: hu Lahor
Japanese: ja ラホール Rahōru
Kashmiri: ks لوہوٗر lōhūr
Korean: ko ^라호르
Marathi: mr लाहोर n
Odia: or ଲାହୋର
Pashto: ps
Persian: fa لاهور lâhowr
Polish: pl Lahaur n
Portuguese: pt Lahore f
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: pa ਲਹੌਰ m, pa ਲਾਹੌਰ m
Shahmukhi: pa لَہَور m, pa لَاہَور m
Russian: ru Лахо́р m
Sanskrit: sa लवपुर n, sa लवपुरी f, sa लाहौरनगर n, sa लाहौर m n
Santali: sat ᱞᱟᱦᱚᱨ
Sindhi: sd لاهور
Tajik: tg Лоҳур
Tamil: ta இலாகூர்
Turkish: tr Lahor
Ottoman Turkish: ota لاهور lâhor
Urdu: ur لاہور lāhaur
References
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fr city/provincial capital p/Punjab c/Pakistan Lahore
Derived terms
fr lahorite
Portuguese
Alternative forms
pt Laore rare
Pronunciation
pt /la.ˈhɔ.ɾi/ BR
Proper noun
f
pt city/provincial capital p/Punjab c/Pakistan Lahore