Lakhnauti

English

Dakhil Darwaza, Lakhnauti

Etymology

From Bengali লখনৌতি (lokhnōuti). The term rose to prominence after Muslim rule, and is a most likely a corruption of Lakshmanavati, the name of the city under the Senas.

Proper noun

Lakhnauti

1. Gaur, an ancient Bengali city presently divided between Bangladesh and India.

Related terms

• Lakshmanavati

Translations

ancient Bengali city

• Arabic: لَكْنُوتِي (laknūtī)
• Assamese: লখনৌতি (lkhonouti)
• Bengali: লখনৌতি (lokhnōuti)
• Hindi: लखनौति (lakhnauti)
• Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀮𑀔𑀦𑁅𑀢𑀺 (lakhanauti)
• Marathi: लखनौति (lakhnauti)
• Nepali: लखनौति (lakhanauti)
• Persian: لکنوتی (laknawti)
• Punjabi: ਲਖਨੌਤਿ (lakhnauti)
• Sanskrit: लक्ष्मणवती (lakṣmaṇavatī)
• Urdu: لکھنوتی (lakhnauti)
• Uyghur: لوقنۆتى (loqnöti)
• Western Panjabi: لکھنوتی (lakhnauti)

Gaur — see Gaur

Lakshmanavati — see Lakshmanavati

Jannatabad — see Jannatabad