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Word entry · 4 letters

lakh

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"South Asian 100,000"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /lɑkʰ/Part of speech nounSorted ahklStarts with LEnds with H2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Number equal to one hundred thousand in South Asian usage.

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • “Holonym: crore”
  • “After a hunt lasting more than a year-and-a-half, police have arrested a couple for duping around 2 lakh people in one of India's biggest investment frauds involving an estimated Rs 1,100 crore.”
  • “According to data published in WHO's Weekly Epidemiological Record, India's annualised non-polio AFP rate for 2011 stood at 15.06 per one lakh children below 15 years of age, compared to a global rate that year of 5.48.”

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01“South Asian 100,000”4 letters
02“Indian 100,000”4 letters
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Synonyms

large number 11 lettersIndian numeral 13 lettersone hundred thousand 18 letters

Longer words

lakhs 5 letters