लाहौर
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Hindi
Etymology
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”. Compare Punjabi لَہَوْر (lahaur) / ਲਹੌਰ (lahaur), Gujarati લાહોર (lāhor), Marathi लाहोर (lāhor), Bengali লাহোর (lahōr). More at Etymology of Lahore.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
लाहौर • (lāhaur) m (Urdu spelling لاہور)
- Lahore (a city, the provincial capital of Punjab, Pakistan)
Declension
Declension of लाहौर (sg-only masc cons-stem)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| direct | लाहौर lāhaur |
| oblique | लाहौर lāhaur |
| vocative | लाहौर lāhaur |
Alternative forms
References
- ^ खोज में उपलब्ध हस्तलिखित हिंदी ग्रंथों का त्रयोदश त्रैवार्षिक विवरण (in Hindi), Kashi : 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.”
- ^ रामप्रसाद बिस्मिल, मदनलाल वर्मा क्रान्त (2006) “लवपुर-लाहौर ”, in मन की लहर: कवितायें (in Hindi), प्रवीण प्रकाशन, page 22 of 100
- ^ Nihalchand Verma (1967) बनते बिगड़ते सन्दर्भ (in Hindi), Hindī Pracāraka Pustakālaya, page 92 of 414: “लवपुर को इस समय लाहौर कहते हैं। ― lavpur ko is samay lāhaur kahte ha͠i.”