lakh
English
[a], [b] ← 10,000 | ← 50,000 | 100,000 | 1,000,000 (106) → | 100,000,000 (108) → |
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10,000[a], [b] | ||||
Cardinal: hundred thousand, lakh Ordinal: hundred-thousandth Collective: lakh Number of years: centimillennium |
Alternative forms
- lac
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani लाख / لاکھ (lākh), from Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /lɑːk/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /læk/
- (India) IPA(key): /lɑːkʰ/
- Rhymes: -ɑːk, -æk
Numeral
lakh (plural lakhs)
- (Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka) One hundred thousand; 100,000; or with Indian digit grouping, 1,00,000. Often used with units of money.
- 1972, Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain - West Indies
- But they were both killed in the same engagement against Tippoo Sahib, her father owing ten lakhs of rupees and her husband nearly half that sum.
- 2012 November 13, Neeraj Chauhan & Dwaipayan Ghosh, “Couple from Maharashtra held for Rs 1,100 crore stock scam”, in Times of India:
- After a hunt lasting more than a year-and-a-half, police have arrested a couple for duping around 2 lakh people in one of India's biggest investment frauds involving an estimated Rs 1,100 crore.
- 2013 January 3, N. Gopal Raj, “Polio free does not mean paralysis free” , The Hindu
- According to data published in WHO’s Weekly Epidemiological Record, India’s annualised non-polio AFP rate for 2011 stood at 15.06 per one lakh children below 15 years of age, compared to a global rate that year of 5.48.
- 1972, Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain - West Indies
Derived terms
- LPA
Translations
one hundred thousand
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See also
- crore
- mohur
Anagrams
- Kahl
French
Etymology
From English lakh, from Hindi लाख (lākh), from Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lak/
Noun
lakh m (plural lakhs)
- lakh