لاهور

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu لاہور (lāhaur).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laː.huːr/

Proper noun

لَاهُور • (lāhūr?

  1. 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)

  1. 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

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu لاہور (lāhaur).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? lāhōr
Dari reading? lāhōr
Iranian reading? lâhor
Tajik reading? lohur

Proper noun

Dari لاهور
Iranian Persian
Tajik Лоҳур

لاهور • (lâhor)

  1. 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

  • IPA(key): [lɑhoɾʊ]

Proper noun

لاهور • (lāhoru? (Devanagari लाहोरु)

  1. 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