لاهور
Arabic
Etymology
Borrowed from Urdu لاہور (lāhaur).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laː.huːr/
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[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1622
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Urdu لَاہَور (lāhaur).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /laː.ˈhoːɾ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [lɑː.ɦóːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [lɒː.ɦóɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [lɔ.ɦúɾ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | lāhōr |
| Dari reading? | lāhōr |
| Iranian reading? | lâhor |
| Tajik reading? | lohur |
Proper noun
لاهور • (lāhōr / lâhor) (Tajik spelling Лоҳур)
- Lahore (the second largest city of Pakistan and the provincial capital of Punjab; located on the Ravi river)
Sindhi
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [lɑhoɾʊ]
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