lakh
[lak]
/læk/
noun
1.
lac
2
.
Examples from the web for
lakh
According to some modest estimates, some six
lakh
s 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