لاهوری

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• լահուրի (lahuri) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لَاهُورِيّ (lāhūriyy), from لَاهُور (lāhūr, “Lahore”), the fabric's place of origin. By surface analysis, لاهور (lâhor, “Lahore”) +‎ ـی (-î, nisba suffix). Compare also یمنی (yemeni) and *شامی (şami), other kinds of headscarves, etymologycally from toponyms.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laːhuːˈɾiː/

Noun

لاهوری • (lâhuri)

1. A shawl, headscarf, traditionally made of Lahori silk.

   Synonym: لاهور شالی (lâhor şalı)

Related terms

• لاهوراكی (lâhuraki)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: lahuri
• → Albanian: lahuri
• → Armenian: լահուռի (lahuṙi), լահուրի (lahuri)
• → Aromanian: leurii / leurie
• → Greek: λαχούρι (lachoúri)
  • → Albanian: lahur
  • → Aromanian: lãhurã
  • → Romanian: lahur
• → Balkan Romani: lavuri — Sepečides

References

• Seydi, Ali (1912) “لاهوری”, in رسملی قاموس عثمانی [resimli kamus-ı ʼosmani]‎^[1] (in Ottoman Turkish), page 904c
• Karapetean, Petros Zēkʻi (1912) “لاهوری”, in Mec baṙaran ōsmanerēnē hayerēn [Great Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary], Constantinople: Aršak Karōean, page 704b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “لاهوری”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1074a
• Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki]‎^[3] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لاهوری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1622b
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “lahurî”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2929b