लाख

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Hindi[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /lɑːkʰ/, [l̪äːkʰ]

Etymology 1[edit]

Hindi numbers (edit)
 ←  100  ←  10,000 १,००,०००
100,000
1,000,000 (106)  →  100,000,000 (108)  → 
    Cardinal: लाख (lākh)

Inherited from Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa).

Numeral[edit]

लाख (lākhm (cardinal)

  1. one hundred thousand, lakh
Declension[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • English: lakh

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

लाख (lākh?

  1. lac; sealing wax

References[edit]

Marathi[edit]

Marathi numbers (edit)
 ←  100  ←  10,000 १, ००, ०००
100,000
1,000,000 (106)  →  100,000,000 (108)  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: लाख (lākh)
    Ordinal: लाखावे (lākhāve)

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Marathi लख (lakha), लाख (lākha), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀔 (lakkha), from Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

IPA(key): /lakʰ/

Noun[edit]

लाख (lākhm

one hundred thousand, lakh, lac

Declension[edit]

Declension of लाख (lākh)
direct
singular
लाख
lākh
direct
plural
लाख
lākh
singular plural
nominative लाख
lākh
लाख
lākh
oblique लाखा-
lākhā-
लाखां-
lākhāN-
dative लाखाला
lākhālā
लाखांना
lākhāNnā
ergative लाखाने
lākhāne
लाखांनी
lākhāNni
instrumental लाखाशी
lākhāśi
लाखांशी
lākhāNśi
locative लाखात
lākhāt
लाखांत
lākhāNt
vocative लाखा
lākhā
लाखांनो
lākhāNno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of लाख
masculine object feminine object neuter object oblique
singular plural singular plural singular* plural
singular subject लाखाचा
lākhāċā
लाखाचे
lākhāce
लाखाची
lākhāci
लाखाच्या
lākhāca
लाखाचे, लाखाचं
lākhāce, lākhāċa
लाखाची
lākhāci
लाखाच्या
lākhāca
plural subject लाखांचा
lākhāNċā
लाखांचे
lākhāNce
लाखांची
lākhāNci
लाखांच्या
lākhāNca
लाखांचे, लाखांचं
lākhāNce, lākhāNċa
लाखांची
lākhāNci
लाखांच्या
lākhāNca
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References[edit]

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “लाख”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “लाख”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “[1]”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “lakṣá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Nepali[edit]

Nepali numbers (edit)
 ←  100 [a], [b] ←  10,000 १,००,०००
100,000
1,000,000 (106)  →  100,000,000 (108)  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: लाख (lākh)
    Ordinal: लाखौँ (lākha͠u)

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

लाख (lākh)

  1. one hundred thousand