lakh






Contents






  • 1 English


    • 1.1 Alternative forms


    • 1.2 Etymology


    • 1.3 Pronunciation


    • 1.4 Numeral


      • 1.4.1 Translations




    • 1.5 See also


    • 1.6 Anagrams




  • 2 French


    • 2.1 Etymology


    • 2.2 Pronunciation


    • 2.3 Noun







English



Alternative forms


  • lac


Etymology


From Urdu لاکھ‎ / Hindi लाख (lākh), from Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa).



Pronunciation




  • (UK) IPA(key): /lɑːk/


  • (US) IPA(key): /lɑk/







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Numeral


lakh (plural lakhs)



  1. (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong) One hundred thousand; 100,000. 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[1]:

      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” [2], 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.





Translations




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)


  1. lakh



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