لاهور
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Arabic
Etymology
Borrowed from Urdu لاہور (lāhaur).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
لَاهُور • (lāhūr) ?
- Lahore (The second largest city of Pakistan and the provincial capital of Punjab; located on the Ravi river)
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “لاهور”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic لَاهُور (lāhūr), from Urdu لاہَور (lāhaur, “Lahore”).
Proper noun
لاهور • (lâhor)
- Lahore (The second largest city of Pakistan and the provincial capital of Punjab; located on the Ravi river)
Derived terms
- لاهور شالی (lâhor şalı, “shawl made of Lahori silk”)
- لاهوراكی (lâhuraki, “kind of very fine French merino”)
- لاهوری (lâhuri, “shawl made of Lahori silk”)
Descendants
- Turkish: Lahor
Further reading
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لاهور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1622
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Urdu لاہور (lāhaur).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | lāhōr |
| Dari reading? | lāhōr |
| Iranian reading? | lâhor |
| Tajik reading? | lohur |
Proper noun
| Dari | لاهور |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | Лоҳур |
لاهور • (lâhor)
- Lahore (The second largest city of Pakistan and the provincial capital of Punjab; located on the Ravi river)
Sindhi
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
لاهور • (lāhoru) ? (Devanagari लाहोरु)
- Lahore (The second largest city of Pakistan and the provincial capital of Punjab; located on the Ravi river)
References
- Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “لاهور”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society