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Lahore

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Urdu لاہَور (lāhaur), further etymology is disputed. There are multiple interpretations of this name's origin:

The earlier Persian variants of the name include لہاور (lahāvar /⁠lhavr⁠/), لوہاور (lūhāvar /⁠lvhavr⁠/) and لہانور (luhanvar /⁠lhanvr⁠/), among others.[4] Further see Etymology of Lahore.

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  • IPA(key): /ləˈhɔːr/
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Lahore

  1. The second largest city of Pakistan and the provincial capital of Punjab; located on the Ravi river.

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  1. ^ खोज में उपलब्ध हस्तलिखित हिंदी ग्रंथों का त्रयोदश त्रैवार्षिक विवरण [सन् १९२६ - १९२८ ई॰]‎[1], Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracharini Sabha, 1926-1928 (published 1953), page 36 of 812: “ये लाहौर का दूसरा नाम लवपुर भी बताते हैं। ― He states that Lavapura is an alternative name of Lahaur.”
  2. ^ Journal of Asian Civilisations‎[2], Taxila Institute of Asian Civilisations, 2001
  3. ^ Journal of Central Asia‎[3], Centre for the Study of the Civilizations of Central Asia, Quaid-i-Azam University, 1978
  4. ^
    1992, M S Naz, لاہَور نامَہ [lāhaur nāma, Book of Lahore]‎[4], page 30:
    فرہنگ جہانگیری میں لاہور کے نام یہ ختلف شکلیں عجیب معلوم نہیں ہوتیں: لاوہور ' لاہنور ' لوہاور ' لوہور ' لہاور ' لہاوار ' لہانور..
    The following forms are also not rare [strange] to have been attested in the Jahangiri lexicon as various spellings of the name 'Lahore': Lavhur, Lahnur, Lohavur, Lohur, Luhavar, Luhavar, Luhanvar..

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Lahore ?

  1. Lahore (a city, the provincial capital of Punjab, Pakistan)

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Lahore f

  1. Lahore (a city, the provincial capital of Punjab, Pakistan)