گورداسپور

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Urdu

Alternative forms

Etymology

From گورداس (gordās) +‎ ـپُور (-pūr, town; city; village). Named after Mahant Guriya das ji.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

گورْداسْپُور (gordāspūrm (Hindi spelling गुरदासपुर)

  1. Gurdaspur (a city and administrative headquarters of Gurdaspur District in the Indian state of Punjab).
    • 2023 January 18, Ashraf Sharif, “پنجاب کی لسانی تاریخ کا کھوج [Exploring the Linguistic History of Punjab]”, in روزنامہ ٩٢نیوز [Daily 92 News ePaper]‎:
      لیکن پنجابی کا جو لہجہ سب کے لیے معیار قرار پایا، جس کی گرامر و اصول سب کے لئے قابل قبول ہوئے وہ لاہور، امرتسر، گورداسپور، سیالکوٹ اور ان کے نواحی علاقوں کا ہے۔
      lekin panjābī kā jo lahja sab ke liye miʻyar qarār pāya, jis kī grāmar o aṣūl sab ke liy'e qābl-e-qabūl hū'e vo lāhaur, amritsar, gordāspūr, siyalkoṭ aur un ke nuvāḥī ʻilāqoṉ kā hai.
      However, the dialect of Punjabi which was set as the standard for all, and whose grammar and principles became acceptable to all, belongs to Lahore, Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Sialkot and their suburbs.
    • 2022 August 15, Farooq Azam, “جب لاہور اچانک بھارت کے بجائے پاکستان کا حصہ بن گیا [When Lahore suddenly became a part of Pakistan instead of India]”, in DW Urdu:
      گورداسپور کی متنازعہ تقسیم
      gordāspūr kī mutanāzʻa taqsīm
      The disputed division of Gurdaspur
  2. (by extension) Gurdaspur District (a district of Punjab, India)
    Synonym: ضلع گورداسپور (ẓilaʻ gordāspūr)
    • 1995, Research Society of Pakistan, Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, page 61:
      میاں فضل حسین کا تعلق بھٹی راجپوت سے تھا اور ان کا خاندان گو بٹالہ ضلع گورداسپور کا متوطن تھا
      miyaṉ faẓl ḥusain kā taʻluq bhaṭṭī rājpūt se thā āur un kā xāndān go baṭāla ẓilaʻ gordāspūr kā mutavat̤t̤in thā
      Mian Fazl Hussain belonged to Bhatti Rajput and his family were from Batala, district Gurdaspur