Lamphelpat (Meitei pronunciation: /ləm.pʰel.pát/) is the district headquarter of Imphal West district in the state of Manipur, India.[2] It is a suburb of Imphal city.
Lamphelpat
(Meitei: /ləm.pʰel.pát/) | |
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town | |
  Lamphelpat Location in Manipur, India  Lamphelpat Lamphelpat (India) | |
| Coordinates: 24°49′30″N 93°54′32″E / 24.825067°N 93.908987°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Manipur |
| District | Imphal West |
| Language(s) | |
| • Official | Meitei (officially called Manipuri)[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | MN |
| Website | manipur |
Etymology
editThe name "Lamphelpat" (/ləm.pʰel.pát/) is made up of two Meitei language words, "Lamphel" (Meitei: ꯂꯝꯐꯦꯜ) and "Pāt" (Meitei: ꯄꯥꯠ). "Lamphel" (/ləm.pʰel/) is the Meitei name of a place in Imphal.[3] "Pāt" (/pát/) means lake in Meitei.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 47th report (July 2008 to June 2010)" (PDF). Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. p. 78. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ "Lamphelpat". 2011 Census of India. Government of India. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ Sharma, H. Surmangol (2006). "Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary.Lamphel". dsal.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ Sharma, H. Surmangol (2006). "Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary.Pāt". dsal.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 18 August 2022.