Lakh
noun, num ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 One hundred thousand rupees. Myanmar, South-Asia
"Since my arriual heere, there vvas ſent vnto this King one of the richeſt preſents that I haue heard to be ſent to any Prince in all my life time: […] the vvhole Preſent vvas vvorth ten of their Leakes, as they call them; a Leak being ten thouſand pound ſterling: the vvhole, a hundred thouſand pounds ſterling."
- 2 the cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten wordnet
- 3 Often in the plural: an indefinitely large number; a zillion. Myanmar, South-Asia, figuratively
"[…] Lake [i.e., Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake] should not have leisure to breathe for a moment, and calamities would fall on lacs of human beings in continued war by the attacks of his army, which would overwhelm like the waves of the sea."
- 1 One hundred thousand (10⁵): 100,000, that is, with Indian digit grouping, 1,00,000. Myanmar, South-Asia
"Holonym: crore"
Example
More examples"The price of this vehicle is ten lakh rupees."
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani लाख or لاکھ (lākh), from Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa), from लक्ष् (lakṣ, “to mark; to sign; to observe, perceive”), possibly from रक्ष् (rakṣ, “to observe (a duty, law, etc.); to guard, protect”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (“to protect”).
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