Dhivehi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Pali lakkha, from Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ləkːə/, [ləkːə]

Numeral

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ލައްކަ (lakka)

  1. one hundred thousand; lakh

References

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  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ލައްކަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 155