lakh
/lɑk/
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South Asia/lɑkʰ/
lakh numeral: one hundred thousand (10⁵): 100,000, that is, with Indian digit grouping, 1,00,000.
Numeral
lakh (plural lakhs or lakh)
- One hundred thousand (10⁵): 100,000, that is, with Indian digit grouping, 1,00,000.
- Holonym: crore
- They ſay the VVorld ſhall laſt foure Ages; or VVorlds, vvhereof three are paſt. The firſt laſted ſeuenteene Laches (euery Laches containeth a hundred thouſand yeares) and 28000 yeares. Men in that VVorld liued tenne thouſand yeares, vvere of great ſtature of bodie, and great ſinceritie of minde.1613, Samuel Purchas, “[Asia.] Of the Great Mogor.”, in Purchas His Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in All Ages and Places Discouered, from the Creation vnto this...
Noun
lakh (plural lakhs or lakh)
- One hundred thousand rupees.
- 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...1615 September, Thomas Coryat, “[Coryats Letters.] From the Court of the Great Mogul, Resident at the Towne of Asinere in the Eastern India, on Michaelmas Day. Anno 1615.”, in Coryat’s Crudities; […]...
- INprimis, of Rupias Ecbery, thirteene Crou (euery Crou is an hundred Leckes, and euery Leck an hundred thouſand Rupias) or one thouſand three hundred Leckes.1625, [Samuel] Purchas, “Captaine William Hawkins, His Relations of the Occurrents which Happened in the Time of His Residence in India, in the County of the Great Mogoll, and of His Departure from...
- Often in the plural: an indefinitely large number; a zillion.
- […] 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.1804, R[obert] Montgomery Martin, quoting Yashwantrao Holkar, “Section II. European Intercourse—Rise and Growth of British Power.”, in The Indian Empire: […], volume I (History, Topography...
- The Laccadives and Maldives, for instance, meaning literally the "lac of islands" and the "thousand islands," are a series of such atolls; […]1878 August, “Contemporary Portraits. New Series.—No. 8. Charles Darwin, F.R.S.”, in The University Magazine: A Literary and Philosophic Review, volume II, London: Hurst & Blackett, […], →OCLC, page...
lakh meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
lakh in Hindi
- one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- लाख lākh
lakh in Tamil
- one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- லட்சம் laṭcam, இலட்சம் ilaṭcam
lakh in Marathi
- one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- लाख lākh, लक्ष lakṣa
lakh in Urdu
- one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- لاکھ lākh
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- lakh in Bengali
- লাখ lakh, লক্ষ lokkho
- lakh in Telugu
- లక్ష lakṣa
- lakh in Malayalam
- ലക്ഷം lakṣaṁ
- lakh in Kannada
- ಲಕ್ಷ lakṣa
- lakh in Punjabi
- ਲੱਖ lakkha, لکّھ lakkh
- lakh in Gujarati
- લાખ lākh
- lakh in Odia
- ଲକ୍ଷ lakṣa
- lakh in Sanskrit
- लक्ष lakṣa
- lakh in Sinhala
- ලක්ෂය lakṣaya
- lakh in Assamese
- লাখ lakh
- lakh in Nepali
- लाख lākh
- lakh in Pashto
- لک lak
- lakh in Arabic
- لَاك lāk
- lakh in Persian
- لک lak
- lakh in Thai
- หลัก làk
- Dhivehi
- ލައްކަ lakka
Examples of lakh in a sentence
- 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.2012 November 13, Neeraj Chauhan, Dwaipayan Ghosh, “Couple from Maharashtra held for Rs 1,100 crore stock scam”, in The Times of India...
- As of June 30, 2025, Tamil Nadu had an outstanding small business credit portfolio of about ₹4.21 lakh crore, up 15.7% from ₹3.64 lakh crore as of June 30 2024, the report said.2025 September 8, Sanjay Vijayakumar, “Tamil Nadu second biggest market for small business credit: study”, in The Hindu, archived from the...
Synonyms of lakh
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Forms of lakh
| Numeral | |
|---|---|
| plural | lakhs |
| plural | lakh |
| Noun | |
| plural | lakhs |
| plural | lakh |
Origin of lakh
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”).
Words formed from lakh
Words that rhyme with lakh
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Questions about lakh
- What does lakh mean?
- Lakh means one hundred thousand (10⁵): 100,000, that is, with Indian digit grouping, 1,00,000.
- What is lakh in Hindi?
- Lakh in Hindi is लाख (lākh). See Lakh meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use lakh in a sentence?
- 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.
- What part of speech is lakh?
- Lakh can be a numeral or a noun.
- How do you pronounce lakh?
- Lakh is pronounced /lɑkʰ/ (South Asia).
Words near lakh in the dictionary
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