لکھ

Punjabi

Etymology 1

Verb

لِکھ • (likh)

1. inflection of لِکھݨا (likhṇā):
   1. stem
   2. second-person singular familiar imperative

Etymology 2

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀔 (lakkha), from Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣá).

Numeral

Western Punjabi numbers ^(edit)

←  100	←  1,000	۱,۰۰,۰۰۰ 100,000	1,000,000 (106)  →	10,000,000 (107)  →
Cardinal: لَکّھ (lakkh)     Ordinal: لَکّھواں (lakkhoāṉ)     Multiplier: لَکّھ گُݨا (lakkh guṇā)

لَکّھ • (lakkh) (Gurmukhi spelling ਲੱਖ)

1. one hundred thousand; a lakh, lac

Adjective

لَکّھ • (lakkh) (indeclinable, Gurmukhi spelling ਲੱਖ)

1. (figurative) countless
2. (in compounds, figurative) priceless

Noun

لَکّھ • (lakkh) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਲੱਖ)

1. a one hundred thousand, a lakh
2. (figurative, usually in the plural) a large number; thousand; million

Declension

Declension of لکھ

	singular	plural
direct	لَکّھ (lakkh)	لَکّھ (lakkh)
oblique	لَکّھ (lakkh)	لَکّھاں (lakkhāṉ)
vocative	لَکّھا (lakkhā)	لَکّھو (lakkho)
ablative	لَکّھوں (lakkhoṉ)	—
locative	لَکّھے (lakkhe)	لَکّھِیں (lakkhīṉ)
instrumental	لَکّھوں (lakkhoṉ)	–

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “لکھ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012), “لکھ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਲੱਖ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “lakṣá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 629