लाहौर

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”.[1][2][3] Compare Punjabi لَہَوْر (lahaur) / ਲਹੌਰ (lahaur), Gujarati લાહોર (lāhor), Marathi लाहोर (lāhor), Bengali লাহোর (lahōr). More at Etymology of Lahore.

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /lɑː.ɦɔːɾ/, [läː.ɦɔːɾ]

Proper noun

लाहौर • (lāhaur) m (Urdu spelling لاہور)

  1. Lahore (a city, the provincial capital of Punjab, Pakistan)
    Synonyms: लवपुर (lavpur), लवपुरी (lavpurī)

Declension
Declension of लाहौर (sg-only masc cons-stem)
singular
direct लाहौर
lāhaur
oblique लाहौर
lāhaur
vocative लाहौर
lāhaur

Alternative forms

References
  1. खोज में उपलब्ध हस्तलिखित हिंदी ग्रंथों का त्रयोदश त्रैवार्षिक विवरण [सन् १९२६ - १९२८ ई॰]‎ (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: 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.”
  2. रामप्रसाद बिस्मिल, मदनलाल वर्मा क्रान्त (2006) “लवपुर-लाहौर [Lavapura-Lahaur]”, in मन की लहर: कवितायें (in Hindi), प्रवीण प्रकाशन, page 22 of 100
  3. 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.”
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