lakh

English

Alternative forms

• lac

Etymology

From Urdu لاکھ, from Hindi लाख (lākh), from Sanskrit लक्षं (lakṣaṇ).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /lɑːk/
• (US) IPA: /lɑk/

Numeral

lakh (plural lakhs)

1. (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong) One hundred thousand, used especially of units of money.
   • 2012 November 13, Neeraj Chauhan & Dwaipayan Ghosh, “Couple from Maharashtra held for Rs 1,100 crore stock scam”, 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.

   1972, 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. — Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain - West Indies

Translations

one hundred thousand

• Assamese: লাখ (as) (lākh)
• Bengali: লাখ (bn), লক্ষ (bn) (lokkho)
• Chinese: 拉克 (lākè)

  Mandarin: 洛叉 (cmn) (luòchā)

• Dhivehi: ލައްކަ (dv) (lakka)
• Gujarati: લાખ (gu) (lākh)
• Hindi: लाख (hi) (lākh) m
• Japanese: 洛叉 (ja) (rakusha)
• Kannada: ಲಕ್ಷ (kn) (lakṣa)
• Malayalam: ലക്ഷം (ml) (lakṣam)
• Marathi: लाख (mr) (lākh), लक्ष (mr) (lakṣa)
• Nepali: लाख (ne) (lākh)

• Oriya: ଲକ୍ଷ (or) (lakṣa)
• Pashto: لک (ps) (lak)
• Punjabi: ਲੱਖ (pa) (lakkh), لکّھ (pa) (lakkh)
• Sanskrit: लक्षं (sa) (lakṣaṇ) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: лак (sh) m

  Roman: lak (sh) m

• Sinhalese: ලක්ෂය (si) (lakṣaya)
• Swahili: laki (sw), lakhi (sw)
• Tamil: இலட்சம் (ta) (ilaṭcam)
• Telugu: లక్ష (te) (lakṣa)
• Thai: หลัก (th) (làk)
• Urdu: لاکھ (ur) (lākh) m

See also

• crore
• mohur