lakh

[lak] /læk/
noun
1.
lac2 .
Examples from the web for lakh
  • According to some modest estimates, some six lakhs people lost their lives and some fourteen lakh had lost their homes.
British Dictionary definitions for lakh

lakh

/lɑːk/
noun
1.
(in India and Pakistan) the number 100 000, esp when referring to this sum of rupees
Word Origin
C17: from Hindi lākh, ultimately from Sanskrit lakshā a sign