noun
Meaning 1
One hundred thousand rupees.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Myanmar, South-Asia
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
lakh
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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South-Asia: /lɑkh/
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /lɑk/
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /læk/
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rhymes with -ɑːk
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rhymes with -æk
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homophone: lark (non-rhotic)
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homophone: lac
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homophone: lack
noun
Meaning 2
Often in the plural: an indefinitely large number; a zillion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Myanmar, South-Asia, figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: babillion, bajillion, bazillion, billion, bizillion, dillion, fafillion, fucktillion, gabillion, gadzillion, gagillion, gajillion, gatrillion, gazillion, gillion, godzillion, googillion, googol, gorillion, grillion, hojillion, jajillion, jazillion, jillion, kabillion, kajillion, katrillion, kazillion, killion, lakh, majillion, million, morbillion, nonillion, quadrillion, quintillion, Sagan, scrillion, skillion, squillion, trillion, umpteen, umptillion, wazillion, zabillion, zillion, zilliard
Antonyms: none provided
num
Meaning 3
One hundred thousand (105): 100,000, that is, with Indian digit grouping, 1,00,000.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Myanmar, South-Asia
Examples
- Holonym: crore
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
the cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hundred thousand, 100000
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: large integer
History
Etymology
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”).
Across languages
Translations
49 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: lakh — one hundred thousand rupees
- Arabic: لَاك (lāk) — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Assamese: লাখ (lakh) — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Bengali: লাখ (lakh) — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Bengali: লক্ষ (lokkho) — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Chinese Mandarin: 拉克 (lākè) — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Chinese Mandarin: 洛叉 (luòchā) — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Dhivehi: ލައްކަ (lakka) — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Finnish: lakh — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- French: lakh — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Gujarati: લાખ (lākh) — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Hindi: लाख (lākh) — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Japanese: ラーク (rāku) — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Japanese: 洛叉 (rakusha) — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Kannada: ಲಕ್ಷ (lakṣa) — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Khmer: លក្ខ (leak) — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Korean: 라크 (rakeu) — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Central Kurdish: لەک (lek) — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Lao: ແສນ (sǣn) — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Malayalam: ലക്ഷം (lakṣaṁ) — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Marathi: लाख (lākh) — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Marathi: लक्ष (lakṣa) — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Nepali: लाख (lākh) — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Odia: ଲକ୍ଷ (lakṣa) — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Pashto: لک (lak) — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Persian: لک (lak) — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Polish: lakh — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Portuguese: laque — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Portuguese: lacassá — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Portuguese: lequessá — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Punjabi: ਲੱਖ (lakkha) — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Punjabi: لکّھ (lakkh) — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Russian: лак (lak) — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Russian: лакх (lakx) — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Sanskrit: लक्ष (lakṣa) — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Santali: ᱞᱟᱠ (lak) — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Santali: ᱞᱟᱠᱷ (lakh) — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Serbo-Croatian: ла̏к — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Serbo-Croatian: lȁk — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Sinhalese: ලක්ෂය (lakṣaya) — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Swahili: laki — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Swahili: lakhi — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Tamil: லட்சம் (laṭcam) — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Tamil: இலட்சம் (ilaṭcam) — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Telugu: లక్ష (lakṣa) — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Thai: หลัก (làk) — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Tulu: ಲಕ್ಷ (lakṣa) — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Turkish: laka — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand
- Urdu: لاکھ (lākh) — one hundred thousand — see also hundred thousand