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لاہور

Kashmiri

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

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لاہور • (lāhōr) m

  1. Alternative spelling of لوہوٗر (lōhūr, “Lahore”)

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Urdu

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Etymology

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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

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Proper noun

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لاہَور • (lāhaur) m (Hindi spelling लाहौर)

  1. Lahore (The second largest city of Pakistan and the provincial capital of Punjab; located on the Ravi river)

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  1. ^ 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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