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lakh

also lac (läk, lăk)

n. Chiefly South Asian

1. One hundred thousand: created three lakh jobs; worth one lakh fifty thousand rupees.

2. A large, indefinite number: lakhs of birds in the sky.

[Hindi and Urdu lākh, from Prakrit lakkha-, from Sanskrit lakṣaḥ, sign, token, prize, one hundred thousand; probably akin to Middle Persian daxšag, sign, and Hittite tekkušša-, to show.]

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lakh

(lɑːk) or

lac

(Currencies) (in India and Pakistan) the number 100 000, esp when referring to this sum of rupees

[C17: from Hindi lākh, ultimately from Sanskrit lakshā a sign]

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lakh

or lac

(læk)

n.

(in India) the sum of l00,000, esp. of rupees.

[1605–15; < Hindi lākh; compare Skt lakṣa a hundred thousand]

lakh

An Indian counting unit equal to 100,000.

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lakh - the cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten

100000, hundred thousand

large integer - an integer equal to or greater than ten

Translations

लाख

洛叉

lakhilaki

หลัก

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