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Etymology

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

A legend claims it to be from Sanskrit लव (lava, “Lava”) +‎ पुर (pura, “fortress; city”), literally “city of Lava”, from Ramayana, a Hindu epic.^[1]
From Punjabi ਲੋਹਾਰ, ਲੁਹਾਰ / لوہار (lohār, luhār, “blacksmith”).^[2]
Corruption of Sanskrit रवावर (ravāvara), ultimately from इरावती (irāvatī, “the Ravi River”).^[3]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ləˈhɔːr/

Proper noun

Lahore

The second largest city of Pakistan and the provincial capital of Punjab; located on the Ravi river
Synonyms: (historical) Lohkot, Mahmoodpur

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Lahore

Arabic: لَاهُور m (lahūr)
Baluchi: please add this translation if you can
Bengali: লাহোর (lahōr)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 拉合爾／拉合尔 (zh) (Lāhé'ěr)
Finnish: Lahore
French: Lahore (fr)
Georgian: ლაჰორი (lahori)
Greek: Λαχώρη (Lachóri), Λαχόρη f (Lachóri)
Gujarati: લાહોર n (lāhor)
Hebrew: לאהור
Hindi: लाहौर (hi) (lāhaur), लाहोर m (lāhor), लहोर m (lahor), लहौर m (lahaur), लवपुर m (lavpur), लवपुरी f (lavpurī)
Hungarian: Lahor (hu)
Japanese: ラホール (Rahōru)
Kashmiri: لوہوٗر (lōhūr)
Korean: 라호르 (Rahoreu)
Marathi: लाहोर n (lāhor)
Odia: ଲାହୋର (or) (lāhora)
Ottoman Turkish: لاهور (lahor)
Pashto: please add this translation if you can
Persian: لاهور (lâhowr)
Polish: Lahaur (pl) n
Portuguese: Lahore f
Punjabi: ਲਹੌਰ (pa) (lahaur)
Rajasthani: please add this translation if you can
Russian: Лахо́р m (Laxór)
Sanskrit: लवपुर n (lavapura), लवपुरी f (lavapurī), लाहौरनगर n (lāhauranagara), लाहौर m or n (lāhaura)
Sindhi: لاهور
Tajik: Лоҳур (Lohur)
Tamil: இலாகூர் (ilākūr)
Urdu: لاہور (ur) (lāhaur)
Western Panjabi: لہور (pnb) (lahaur)

References

^ 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.”
^ Journal of Asian Civilisations‎^[2], Taxila Institute of Asian Civilisations, 2001
^ Journal of Central Asia‎^[3], Centre for the Study of the Civilizations of Central Asia, Quaid-i-Azam University, 1978

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /la.ɔʁ/

Proper noun

Lahore ?

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

Derived terms

lahorite

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Laore (rare)

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.ˈhɔ.ɾi/

Proper noun

Lahore f

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

[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

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