ਲਾਹੋਰੁ
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See also: ਲਹੌਰ
Old Punjabi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown; one theory suggests inheritance from Sanskrit लव (lava, “Lava”) + पुर (pura, “fortress; city”).[1][2][3]
Proper noun
[edit]ਲਾਹੋਰੁ (lāhoru) m
- Lahore (a city, the provincial capital of Punjab, Pakistan)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.”
- ^ रामप्रसाद बिस्मिल, मदनलाल वर्मा क्रान्त (2006) “लवपुर-लाहौर [Lavapura-Lahaur]”, in मन की लहर: कवितायें, प्रवीण प्रकाशन, page 22 of 100
- ^ Nihalchand Verma (1967) बनते बिगड़ते सन्दर्भ[2], Hindī Pracāraka Pustakālaya, page 92 of 414: “लवपुर को इस समय लाहौर कहते हैं।”
Further reading
[edit]- Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਲਾਹੋਰੁ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 259
- “ਲਾਹੋਰ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2024
Categories:
- Old Punjabi terms derived from Sanskrit
- Old Punjabi terms derived from the Sanskrit root लू
- Old Punjabi terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Punjabi terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tpelH-
- Old Punjabi terms with unknown etymologies
- Old Punjabi terms inherited from Sanskrit
- Old Punjabi lemmas
- Old Punjabi proper nouns
- Old Punjabi proper nouns in Gurmukhi script
- Old Punjabi masculine nouns
- inc-opa:Cities in Pakistan
- inc-opa:Provincial capitals
- inc-opa:Places in Pakistan