Where does “lakh” come from?
Lakh comes from Hindi लाख, from Sanskrit लाक्षा, from Sanskrit लक्ष्, from Proto-Indo-European lewk-.
lakh (English): One hundred thousand; 100,000. Often used with...
Definitions
- One hundred thousand; 100,000. Often used with...
Ancestry of “lakh”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hindi | लाख | one hundred thousand, lakh, lac |
| 2 | Sanskrit | लाक्षा | a species of plant; a kind of red dye, lac; the... |
Words derived from “lakh”