lakh
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lakh
- /lɑkʰ/ South Asia
- /lɑk/ US, UK
- /læk/ US, UK
Sounds like lark (non-rhotic), lac, lack · Rhymes with -ɑːk, -æk
Where it comes from
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”).
number lakhs · lakh
- One hundred thousand (10⁵): 100,000, that is, with Indian digit grouping, 1,00,000. Holonym: crore
noun lakhs · 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 pound
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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.
Similar: babillion, bajillion, bazillion, billion, bizillion, dillion, fafillion, fucktillion, gabillion, gabrillion, gadzillion, gagillion
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: hundred thousand, hectares, lac, lack, rupees, tonnes, crore, centavo, percentage, decimal number, mill, long scale, decimal, hectare, square kilometre, short scale
Translations
Talk about this word "lakh." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lakh. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. lakh. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lakh "lakh." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lakh.Cite this
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title = {lakh},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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