lakh
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Urdu لاکھ, from Hindi लाख (lākh), from Sanskrit लक्षं (lakṣaṇ).
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lakh (plural lakhs)
- (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong) One hundred thousand, used especially of units of money.
- 1972, But they were both killed in the same engagement against Tippoo Sahib, her father owing ten lakhs of rupees and her husband nearly half that sum. — Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain - West Indies
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one hundred thousand
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