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

  1. One hundred thousand; 100,000. Often used with...

Ancestry of “lakh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiलाखone hundred thousand, lakh, lac
2Sanskritलाक्षाa species of plant; a kind of red dye, lac; the...

Words derived from “lakh”

Every word from Sanskrit लाक्षा →Every word from Hindi लाख →