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	A '''lakh''' ({{IPAc-en\|l\|æ\|k\|,_\|l\|ɑː\|k}}; abbreviated '''L'''; sometimes written '''lac'''<ref name="Rowlett_2008">{{cite dictionary\|title=lakh \|encyclopedia=How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement \|author-first=Russ \|author-last=Rowlett \|publisher=[[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] \|date=15 December 2008 \|orig-year=1998 \|access-date=29 August 2016 \|url=http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictL.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702030033/http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictL.html \|archive-date=2 July 2016 }}</ref>) is a unit in the [[Indian numbering system]] equal to [[100,000\|one hundred thousand]] (100,000; [[scientific notation]]: 10<sup>5</sup>).<ref name="Rowlett_2008"/><ref name="OED1">{{OED1\|lakh}}</ref> <!--The commas here are in their proper place. Please do not change to 1,00,000--> In the Indian 2,2,3 convention of ~~[[Indian numbering system#Use of separators\|~~digit grouping]], it is written as 1,00,000.<ref name=EB1911>{{cite EB1911 \|wstitle=Lakh \|volume=16 \|page=94}}</ref> For example, in India, 150,000 [[Indian rupee\|rupees]] becomes 1.5 ''lakh'' rupees, written as {{INR}}1,50,000 or INR 1,50,000.		A '''lakh''' ({{IPAc-en\|l\|æ\|k\|,_\|l\|ɑː\|k}}; abbreviated '''L'''; sometimes written '''lac'''<ref name="Rowlett_2008">{{cite dictionary\|title=lakh \|encyclopedia=How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement \|author-first=Russ \|author-last=Rowlett \|publisher=[[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] \|date=15 December 2008 \|orig-year=1998 \|access-date=29 August 2016 \|url=http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictL.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702030033/http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictL.html \|archive-date=2 July 2016 }}</ref>) is a unit in the [[Indian numbering system]] equal to [[100,000\|one hundred thousand]] (100,000; [[scientific notation]]: 10<sup>5</sup>).<ref name="Rowlett_2008"/><ref name="OED1">{{OED1\|lakh}}</ref> <!--The commas here are in their proper place. Please do not change to 1,00,000--> In the [[Indian numbering system#Decimal formatting\|Indian 2, 2, 3 convention of digit grouping]], it is written as 1,00,000.<ref name=EB1911>{{cite EB1911 \|wstitle=Lakh \|volume=16 \|page=94}}</ref> For example, in India, 150,000 [[Indian rupee\|rupees]] becomes 1.5 ''lakh'' rupees, written as {{INR}}1,50,000 or INR 1,50,000.

	It is widely used both in official and other contexts in [[Afghanistan]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]], [[India]], [[Myanmar]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], and [[Sri Lanka]]. It is often used in [[Bangladeshi English\|Bangladeshi]], [[Indian English\|Indian]], [[Pakistani English\|Pakistani]], and [[Sri Lankan English]].		It is widely used both in official and other contexts in [[Afghanistan]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]], [[India]], [[Myanmar]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], and [[Sri Lanka]]. It is often used in [[Bangladeshi English\|Bangladeshi]], [[Indian English\|Indian]], [[Pakistani English\|Pakistani]], and [[Sri Lankan English]].

	==Usage==		==Usage==
	In [[Indian English]], the word is used both as an [[Noun adjunct\|attributive]] and non-attributive noun with either an unmarked or marked ("-s") plural, respectively. For example: "1 ''lakh'' people"; "''lakhs'' of people"; "20 ''lakh'' [[rupee]]s"; "''lakhs'' of rupees". In the abbreviated form, usage such as "{{INR\|link=Indian rupee}}5L" or "{{INR\|link=Indian rupee}}5 lac" (for "5 ''lakh'' rupees") is common.<ref>{{Cite book\|last1=Posamentier\|first1=Alfred S.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FmPcDwAAQBAJ&dq=use+of+cr+%22crore%22+abbreviation&pg=PA478\|title=Understanding Mathematics Through Problem Solving\|last2=Poole\|first2=Peter\|date=23 March 2020\|publisher=World Scientific\|isbn=978-981-4663-69-4~~\|language=en~~}}</ref> In this system of numeration, 100 ''lakh'' is called one ''[[crore]]''<ref name=EB1911/> and is equal to 10 million.		In [[Indian English]], the word is used both as an [[Noun adjunct\|attributive]] and non-attributive noun with either an unmarked or marked ("-s") plural, respectively. For example: "1 ''lakh'' people"; "''lakhs'' of people"; "20 ''lakh'' [[rupee]]s"; "''lakhs'' of rupees". In the abbreviated form, usage such as "{{INR\|link=Indian rupee}}5L" or "{{INR\|link=Indian rupee}}5 lac" (for "5 ''lakh'' rupees") is common.<ref>{{Cite book\|last1=Posamentier\|first1=Alfred S.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FmPcDwAAQBAJ&dq=use+of+cr+%22crore%22+abbreviation&pg=PA478\|title=Understanding Mathematics Through Problem Solving\|last2=Poole\|first2=Peter\|date=23 March 2020\|publisher=World Scientific\|isbn=978-981-4663-69-4}}</ref> In this system of numeration, 100 ''lakh'' is called one ''[[crore]]''<ref name=EB1911/> and is equal to 10 million.

			Formal written publications in English in India tend to use ''lakh'' and ''[[crore]]'' for [[Indian rupee\|Indian currency]] and Western numbering for foreign currencies, such as [[United States dollar\|dollars]] and [[Pound sterling\|pounds]].<ref>{{cite web\|author=Shapiro, Richard<!--Employee as per https://www.oed.com/public/oedstaff/staff-of-the-oxford-english-dictionary/loginpage-->\|url=https://public.oed.com/blog/the-most-distinctive-counting-system-in-english-indian-cardinal-numbers/\|title=The most distinctive counting system in English? Indian cardinal numbers\|work=Oxford English Dictionary \|publisher=[[Oxford English Dictionary]]\|date=16 August 2012\|access-date=24 May 2020}} – Shapiro is/was an OED employee. The article states: "The opinions and other information contained in the OED blog posts and comments do not necessarily reflect the opinions or positions of [[Oxford University Press]]."</ref>

	===Silver market===		===Silver market===
	The term is also used in the pricing of silver on the international [[precious metal]]s market, where one ''lakh'' equals {{convert\|100000\|ozt\|kg\|lk=in\|abbr=off}} of [[silver]].<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Gilkes\|first1=Paul\|title=CME Group/Thomson Reuters step down from executing the London silver fix\|url=http://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/2017/03/cme-group-thomson-reuters-out-of-silver-price-ficing.all.html\|access-date=5 July 2017\|date=3 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.perthmint.com.au/education_uom.aspx\|title=Units of Measure\|work=perthmint.com.au\|access-date=6 September 2015\|archive-date=24 September 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924071802/http://www.perthmint.com.au/education_uom.aspx\|url-status=dead}}</ref>		The term is also used in the pricing of silver on the international [[precious metal]]s market, where one ''lakh'' equals {{convert\|100000\|ozt\|kg\|0\|lk=in\|abbr=off}} of [[silver]].<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Gilkes\|first1=Paul\|title=CME Group/Thomson Reuters step down from executing the London silver fix\|url=http://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/2017/03/cme-group-thomson-reuters-out-of-silver-price-ficing.all.html\|access-date=5 July 2017\|date=3 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.perthmint.com.au/education_uom.aspx\|title=Units of Measure\|work=perthmint.com.au\|access-date=6 September 2015\|archive-date=24 September 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924071802/http://www.perthmint.com.au/education_uom.aspx\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	==Etymology and regional variants==		==Etymology and regional variants==
	The modern word ''lakh'' derives from {{~~lang-~~sa\|लक्ष\|translit=lakṣa}}, originally denoting "mark, target, stake in gambling", but also used as the numeral for "100,000" in [[Gupta Empire\|Gupta-era]] Classical Sanskrit (''[[Yājñavalkya Smṛti]]'', ''[[Harivaṃśa]]'').<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?p.3:88.soas \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121215010456/http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?p.3:88.soas \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=15 December 2012 \|title=lakṣá10881 \|access-date=22 August 2010 \|author-last=Turner \|author-first=Sir Ralph Lilley \|author-link=Ralph Lilley Turner \|year=1985 \|work="lakṣhá 10881" in: A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages. London: Oxford University Press, 1962-1966. Includes three supplements, published ~~1969-1985~~ \|publisher=Digital South Asia Library, a project of the Center for Research Libraries and the University of Chicago \|page=629 \|quote= lakṣh masculine "stake, prize" R̥igved, "mark, sign" Mahābhārat, "100,000" Yājñavalkya, "aim" Kālidās<!--, lakṣhya— neuter, masculine ʻ aim ʼ Muṇḍ Upaniṣhad, ʻ prize ʼ Mahābhārat, ʻ 100,000 ʼ Mahābhārat, [√lakṣ. For derivation from root to become numeral, see Addenda: Pali lakkha— masculine ʻ mark, target, stake in gambling ʼ; Oṛiyā lākha, nākha ʻ aim, distinguishing mark ʼ, lācha ʻ brand ʼ; Gujarātī lāchɔ masculine ʻ burning the feet ʼ; Marāṭhī lās masculine ʻ mark made by cautery ʼ, neuter.-->] }}</ref>		The modern word ''lakh'' derives from {{langx\|sa\|लक्ष\|translit=lakṣa}}, originally denoting "mark, target, stake in gambling", but also used as the numeral for "100,000" in [[Gupta Empire\|Gupta-era]] Classical Sanskrit (''[[Yājñavalkya Smṛti]]'', ''[[Harivaṃśa]]'').<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?p.3:88.soas \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121215010456/http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?p.3:88.soas \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=15 December 2012 \|title=lakṣá10881 \|access-date=22 August 2010 \|author-last=Turner \|author-first=Sir Ralph Lilley \|author-link=Ralph Lilley Turner \|year=1985 \|work="lakṣhá 10881" in: A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages. London: Oxford University Press, 1962-1966. Includes three supplements, published 1969–1985 \|publisher=Digital South Asia Library, a project of the Center for Research Libraries and the University of Chicago \|page=629 \|quote= lakṣh masculine "stake, prize" R̥igved, "mark, sign" Mahābhārat, "100,000" Yājñavalkya, "aim" Kālidās<!--, lakṣhya— neuter, masculine ʻ aim ʼ Muṇḍ Upaniṣhad, ʻ prize ʼ Mahābhārat, ʻ 100,000 ʼ Mahābhārat, [√lakṣ. For derivation from root to become numeral, see Addenda: Pali lakkha— masculine ʻ mark, target, stake in gambling ʼ; Oṛiyā lākha, nākha ʻ aim, distinguishing mark ʼ, lācha ʻ brand ʼ; Gujarātī lāchɔ masculine ʻ burning the feet ʼ; Marāṭhī lās masculine ʻ mark made by cautery ʼ, neuter.-->] }}</ref>
			; By language
	Another possible etymology comes from the root word for the [[lac]] bug, used to produce [[shellac]]. The word lakh is a unit in the [[Indian numbering system]] for {{formatnum:100000}} and presumably refers to the large number of insects that swarm on host trees, up to {{convert\|150\|/in2}}.<ref name=Berenbaum1993Page27>{{cite book\|last1=Berenbaum\|first1=May\|title=Ninety-nine More Maggots, Mites, and Munchers\|url=https://archive.org/details/ninetyninemorema00bere\|url-access=registration\|date=1993\|publisher=University of Illinois Press\|isbn=978-0-252-02016-2\|page=[https://archive.org/details/ninetyninemorema00bere/page/27 27]}}</ref>		* [[Assamese language\|Assamese]]: {{lang\|as\|লক্ষ}} ''lokhyo'', or {{lang\|as\|লাখ}} ''lakh''
			* [[Bengali language\|Bengali]]: natively ([[tadbhava]]) known as {{lang\|bn\|লাখ}} ''lākh'', though some use the [[Tatsama\|ardha-tatsama]] {{lang\|bn\|লক্ষ}} ''lokkho''.
	* In [[Assamese language\|Assamese]]: {{lang\|as\|লক্ষ}} ''lokhyo'', or {{lang\|as\|লাখ}} ''lakh''		* [[Bhojpuri language\|Bhojpuri]]: 𑂪𑂰𑂎 ''lākh''
	* In [[Bengali language\|Bengali]]: natively (tadbhava) known as {{lang\|bn\|লাখ}} ''lākh'', though some use the ardha-tatsama {{lang\|bn\|লক্ষ}} ''lokkho''.		* [[Bishnupriya Manipuri language\|Bishnupriya Manipuri]]: লাখ ''lākha''
	* In [[~~Hindi~~ language\|Hindi]]: {{Lang\|he\|लाख}} ''lākh''		* [[Hindustani language\|Hindustani]]: ([[Hindi]]: {{Lang\|hi\|लाख}}, [[Urdu]]: {{lang\|ur\|{{nastaliq\|لاکھ}}}}) ''lākh''
	* In [[Maldivian language\|Dhivehi]]: ލައްކަ ''~~la'kha~~''		* [[Maldivian language\|Dhivehi]]: {{Lang\|dv\|ލައްކަ}} ''lakka''
	* In [[Gujarati language\|Gujarati]]: {{lang\|gu\|લાખ}} ''lākh''		* [[Gujarati language\|Gujarati]]: {{lang\|gu\|લાખ}} ''lākh''
	* In [[~~Kannada language\|~~Kannada]]: {{lang\|kn\|ಲಕ್ಷ}} ''lakṣha''		* [[Kannada]]: {{lang\|kn\|ಲಕ್ಷ}} ''lakṣha''
	* In [[Kashmiri language\|Kashmiri]]: {{lang\|ks\|{{~~uninastaliq~~\|لَچھ}}}} ''lachh''		* [[Kashmiri language\|Kashmiri]]: {{lang\|ks\|{{nastaliq\|لَچھ}}}} ''lachh''
	* In [[Khasi language\|Khasi]]: ''lak''		* [[Khasi language\|Khasi]]: {{Lang\|kha\|lak}}
	* In [[~~Malayalam language\|~~Malayalam]]: {{Lang\|ml\|ലക്ഷം}} ''laksham''		* [[Malayalam]]: {{Lang\|ml\|ലക്ഷം}} ''laksham''
	* In [[Marathi language\|Marathi]]: {{Lang\|mr\|लाख / लक्ष }} ''lākh/laksha''		* [[Marathi language\|Marathi]]: {{Lang\|mr\|लाख/लक्ष}} ''lākh/laksha''
	* In [[Meitei language\|Meitei]]: ꯂꯥꯛ ''lāk''		* [[Meitei language\|Meitei]]: ꯂꯥꯛ ''lāk''
	* In [[Nepali language\|Nepali]]: {{Lang\|ne\|लाख}} ''lākh''		* [[Nepali language\|Nepali]]: {{Lang\|ne\|लाख}} ''lākh''
	* In [[Odia language\|Odia]]: {{lang\|or\|ଲକ୍ଷ}} ''~~lôkhyô~~''		* [[Odia language\|Odia]]: {{lang\|or\|ଲକ୍ଷ}} ''låkhyå''
	* In [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]]: ([[Shahmukhi]]: {{lang\|pa\|{{nastaliq\|لکھ}}}}, [[Gurmukhi]]: {{lang\|pa\|ਲੱਖ}}) ''lakkh''		* [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]]: ([[Shahmukhi]]: {{lang\|pa\|{{nastaliq\|لکھ}}}}, [[Gurmukhi]]: {{lang\|pa\|ਲੱਖ}}) ''lakkh''
	* In [[Sinhala language\|Sinhala]]: {{lang\|si\|ලක්ෂ}} {{transliteration\|si\|lakṣa}}		* [[Sanskrit]]: {{Lang\|sa\|लक्ष}} {{transliteration\|sa\|lakṣa}}
	* In [[Tamil language\|Tamil]]: {{Lang\|ta\|இலட்சம்}} ''latcham''		* [[Sinhala language\|Sinhala]]: {{lang\|si\|ලක්ෂ}} {{transliteration\|si\|lakṣa}}
	* In [[Telugu language\|Telugu]]: {{Lang\|te\|లక్ష}} ''laksha''		* [[Tamil language\|Tamil]]: {{Lang\|ta\|இலட்சம்}} ''latcham''
	* In [[Urdu language\|Urdu]]: {{lang\|ur\|{{nq\|لاکھ}}}} ''lākh''		* [[Telugu language\|Telugu]]: {{Lang\|te\|లక్ష}} ''laksha''

	==See also==		==See also==
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	==External links==		==External links==
			{{wiktionary\|lakh}}
	* {{Cite web\|last=IINRG\|first=Ranchi\|title=Government Organisation\|url=http://ilri.ernet.in/\|access-date=22 February 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929175743/http://ilri.ernet.in/\|archive-date=29 September 2018\|url-status=dead}}		* {{Cite web\|last=IINRG\|first=Ranchi\|title=Government Organisation\|url=http://ilri.ernet.in/\|access-date=22 February 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929175743/http://ilri.ernet.in/\|archive-date=29 September 2018\|url-status=dead}}

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	[[Category:Hindi words and phrases]]		[[Category:Hindi words and phrases]]
	[[Category:Urdu~~-language~~ words and phrases]]		[[Category:Urdu words and phrases]]
	[[Category:Indian English idioms]]		[[Category:Indian English idioms]]
	[[Category:Pakistani English idioms]]		[[Category:Pakistani English idioms]]

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	{{~~short~~ description\|100,000 (1,00,000 in Indian numbering)}}		{{Short description\|100,000 (1,00,000 in Indian numbering)}}
	{{Use dmy dates\|date=January ~~2020~~}}		{{Use dmy dates\|date=January 2023}}
	A '''lakh''' ({{IPAc-en\|l\|æ\|k\|,_\|l\|ɑː\|k}}; abbreviated '''L'''; sometimes written '''lac'''<ref name="Rowlett_2008">{{cite dictionary\|title=lakh \|encyclopedia=How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement \|author-first=Russ \|author-last=Rowlett \|publisher=[[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] \|date=2008-12-15 \|orig-year=1998 \|access-date=2016-08-29 \|url=http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictL.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702030033/http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictL.html \|archive-date=2016-07-02 }}</ref>) is a unit in the [[Indian numbering system]] equal to [[one hundred thousand]] (100,000; [[scientific notation]]: 10<sup>5</sup>).<ref name="Rowlett_2008"/><ref name="OED1">{{OED1\|lakh}}</ref> <!--The commas here are in their proper place. Please do not change to 1,00,000--> In the [[Indian numbering system\|Indian]] 2,2,3 convention of [[Indian numbering system#Use of separators\|digit grouping]], it is written as 1,00,000.<ref name=EB1911>{{cite EB1911 \|wstitle=Lakh \|volume=16 \|page=94}}</ref> For example, in India 150,000 [[Indian rupee\|rupees]] becomes 1.5 ''lakh'' rupees, written as {{INR}}1,50,000 or INR 1,50,000.

	It is widely used both in official and other contexts in [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]], [[India]], [[Myanmar]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], and [[Sri Lanka]]. It is often used in [[~~Indian~~ English\|~~Indian~~]], [[~~Bangladeshi~~ English\|~~Bangladeshi~~]], [[Pakistani English\|Pakistani]], and [[Sri Lankan English]].		A '''lakh''' ({{IPAc-en\|l\|æ\|k\|,_\|l\|ɑː\|k}}; abbreviated '''L'''; sometimes written '''lac'''<ref name="Rowlett_2008">{{cite dictionary\|title=lakh \|encyclopedia=How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement \|author-first=Russ \|author-last=Rowlett \|publisher=[[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] \|date=15 December 2008 \|orig-year=1998 \|access-date=29 August 2016 \|url=http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictL.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702030033/http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictL.html \|archive-date=2 July 2016 }}</ref>) is a unit in the [[Indian numbering system]] equal to [[100,000\|one hundred thousand]] (100,000; [[scientific notation]]: 10<sup>5</sup>).<ref name="Rowlett_2008"/><ref name="OED1">{{OED1\|lakh}}</ref> <!--The commas here are in their proper place. Please do not change to 1,00,000--> In the Indian 2,2,3 convention of [[Indian numbering system#Use of separators\|digit grouping]], it is written as 1,00,000.<ref name=EB1911>{{cite EB1911 \|wstitle=Lakh \|volume=16 \|page=94}}</ref> For example, in India, 150,000 [[Indian rupee\|rupees]] becomes 1.5 ''lakh'' rupees, written as {{INR}}1,50,000 or INR 1,50,000.

			It is widely used both in official and other contexts in [[Afghanistan]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]], [[India]], [[Myanmar]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], and [[Sri Lanka]]. It is often used in [[Bangladeshi English\|Bangladeshi]], [[Indian English\|Indian]], [[Pakistani English\|Pakistani]], and [[Sri Lankan English]].

	==Usage==		==Usage==
	In [[Indian English]], the word is used both as an [[Noun adjunct\|attributive]] and non-attributive noun with either an unmarked or marked ("-s") plural, respectively. For example: "1 ''lakh'' people"; "''lakhs'' of people"; "20 ''lakh'' [[rupee]]s"; "''lakhs'' of rupees". In the abbreviated form, usage such as "{{INR\|link=Indian rupee}}5L" or "{{INR\|link=Indian rupee}}5 lac" (for "5 ''lakh'' rupees") is common.{{~~citation needed~~\|date=~~October 2013~~}} In this system of numeration, 100 ''lakh'' is called one ''[[crore]]''<ref name=EB1911/> and is equal to 10 million.		In [[Indian English]], the word is used both as an [[Noun adjunct\|attributive]] and non-attributive noun with either an unmarked or marked ("-s") plural, respectively. For example: "1 ''lakh'' people"; "''lakhs'' of people"; "20 ''lakh'' [[rupee]]s"; "''lakhs'' of rupees". In the abbreviated form, usage such as "{{INR\|link=Indian rupee}}5L" or "{{INR\|link=Indian rupee}}5 lac" (for "5 ''lakh'' rupees") is common.<ref>{{Cite book\|last1=Posamentier\|first1=Alfred S.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FmPcDwAAQBAJ&dq=use+of+cr+%22crore%22+abbreviation&pg=PA478\|title=Understanding Mathematics Through Problem Solving\|last2=Poole\|first2=Peter\|date=23 March 2020\|publisher=World Scientific\|isbn=978-981-4663-69-4\|language=en}}</ref> In this system of numeration, 100 ''lakh'' is called one ''[[crore]]''<ref name=EB1911/> and is equal to 10 million.

	===Silver market===		===Silver market===
	The term is also used in the pricing of silver on the international [[precious metal]]s market, where one ''lakh'' equals {{convert\|100000\|ozt\|kg\|lk=in\|abbr=off}} of [[silver]].<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Gilkes\|first1=Paul\|title=CME Group/Thomson Reuters step down from executing the London silver fix\|url=http://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/2017/03/cme-group-thomson-reuters-out-of-silver-price-ficing.all.html\|access-date=5 July 2017\|date=3 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.perthmint.com.au/education_uom.aspx\|title=Units of Measure\|work=perthmint.com.au\|access-date=6 September 2015}}</ref>		The term is also used in the pricing of silver on the international [[precious metal]]s market, where one ''lakh'' equals {{convert\|100000\|ozt\|kg\|lk=in\|abbr=off}} of [[silver]].<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Gilkes\|first1=Paul\|title=CME Group/Thomson Reuters step down from executing the London silver fix\|url=http://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/2017/03/cme-group-thomson-reuters-out-of-silver-price-ficing.all.html\|access-date=5 July 2017\|date=3 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.perthmint.com.au/education_uom.aspx\|title=Units of Measure\|work=perthmint.com.au\|access-date=6 September 2015\|archive-date=24 September 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924071802/http://www.perthmint.com.au/education_uom.aspx\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	==Etymology and regional variants==		==Etymology and regional variants==
	The modern word ''lakh'' ~~represents~~ {{lang-sa\|lakṣa}} ~~([[Devanagari]]: [[:wikt:लक्ष\|लक्ष]])~~, originally denoting "mark, target, stake in gambling", but also used as the numeral for "100,000" in [[Gupta Empire\|Gupta-era]] Classical Sanskrit (''[[Yājñavalkya Smṛti]]'', ''[[Harivaṃśa]]'').<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?p.3:88.soas \|archive-url=https://archive.is/20121215010456/http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?p.3:88.soas \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=2012~~-12-15~~ \|title=lakṣá10881 \|access-date=2010~~-08-22~~ \|author-last=Turner \|author-first=Sir Ralph Lilley \|author-link=Ralph Lilley Turner \|year=1985 \|work="lakṣhá 10881" in: A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages. London: Oxford University Press, 1962-1966. Includes three supplements, published 1969-1985 \|publisher=Digital South Asia Library, a project of the Center for Research Libraries and the University of Chicago \|page=629 \|quote= lakṣh masculine "stake, prize" R̥igved, "mark, sign" Mahābhārat, "100,000" Yājñavalkya, "aim" Kālidās<!--, lakṣhya— neuter, masculine ʻ aim ʼ Muṇḍ Upaniṣhad, ʻ prize ʼ Mahābhārat, ʻ 100,000 ʼ Mahābhārat, [√lakṣ. For derivation from root to become numeral, see Addenda: Pali lakkha— masculine ʻ mark, target, stake in gambling ʼ; Oṛiyā lākha, nākha ʻ aim, distinguishing mark ʼ, lācha ʻ brand ʼ; Gujarātī lāchɔ masculine ʻ burning the feet ʼ; Marāṭhī lās masculine ʻ mark made by cautery ʼ, neuter.-->] }}</ref>		The modern word ''lakh'' derives from {{lang-sa\|लक्ष\|translit=lakṣa}}, originally denoting "mark, target, stake in gambling", but also used as the numeral for "100,000" in [[Gupta Empire\|Gupta-era]] Classical Sanskrit (''[[Yājñavalkya Smṛti]]'', ''[[Harivaṃśa]]'').<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?p.3:88.soas \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121215010456/http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?p.3:88.soas \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=15 December 2012 \|title=lakṣá10881 \|access-date=22 August 2010 \|author-last=Turner \|author-first=Sir Ralph Lilley \|author-link=Ralph Lilley Turner \|year=1985 \|work="lakṣhá 10881" in: A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages. London: Oxford University Press, 1962-1966. Includes three supplements, published 1969-1985 \|publisher=Digital South Asia Library, a project of the Center for Research Libraries and the University of Chicago \|page=629 \|quote= lakṣh masculine "stake, prize" R̥igved, "mark, sign" Mahābhārat, "100,000" Yājñavalkya, "aim" Kālidās<!--, lakṣhya— neuter, masculine ʻ aim ʼ Muṇḍ Upaniṣhad, ʻ prize ʼ Mahābhārat, ʻ 100,000 ʼ Mahābhārat, [√lakṣ. For derivation from root to become numeral, see Addenda: Pali lakkha— masculine ʻ mark, target, stake in gambling ʼ; Oṛiyā lākha, nākha ʻ aim, distinguishing mark ʼ, lācha ʻ brand ʼ; Gujarātī lāchɔ masculine ʻ burning the feet ʼ; Marāṭhī lās masculine ʻ mark made by cautery ʼ, neuter.-->] }}</ref>

			Another possible etymology comes from the root word for the [[lac]] bug, used to produce [[shellac]]. The word lakh is a unit in the [[Indian numbering system]] for {{formatnum:100000}} and presumably refers to the large number of insects that swarm on host trees, up to {{convert\|150\|/in2}}.<ref name=Berenbaum1993Page27>{{cite book\|last1=Berenbaum\|first1=May\|title=Ninety-nine More Maggots, Mites, and Munchers\|url=https://archive.org/details/ninetyninemorema00bere\|url-access=registration\|date=1993\|publisher=University of Illinois Press\|isbn=978-0-252-02016-2\|page=[https://archive.org/details/ninetyninemorema00bere/page/27 27]}}</ref>

	* In [[Assamese language\|Assamese]]: {{lang\|as\|লক্ষ}} ''lokhyo'', or {{lang\|as\|লাখ}} ''lakh''		* In [[Assamese language\|Assamese]]: {{lang\|as\|লক্ষ}} ''lokhyo'', or {{lang\|as\|লাখ}} ''lakh''
	* In [[Bengali language\|Bengali]]: natively (tadbhava) known as {{lang\|bn\|লাখ}} ''lākh'', though some use the ardha-tatsama {{lang\|bn\|লক্ষ}} ''lokkho''.		* In [[Bengali language\|Bengali]]: natively (tadbhava) known as {{lang\|bn\|লাখ}} ''lākh'', though some use the ardha-tatsama {{lang\|bn\|লক্ষ}} ''lokkho''.
			* In [[Hindi language\|Hindi]]: {{Lang\|he\|लाख}} ''lākh''
	* In [[Maldivian language\|Dhivehi]]: ލައްކަ ''la'kha''		* In [[Maldivian language\|Dhivehi]]: ލައްކަ ''la'kha''
	* In [[Gujarati language\|Gujarati]]: {{lang\|gu\|લાખ}} ''lākh''		* In [[Gujarati language\|Gujarati]]: {{lang\|gu\|લાખ}} ''lākh''
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	* In [[Khasi language\|Khasi]]: ''lak''		* In [[Khasi language\|Khasi]]: ''lak''
	* In [[Malayalam language\|Malayalam]]: {{Lang\|ml\|ലക്ഷം}} ''laksham''		* In [[Malayalam language\|Malayalam]]: {{Lang\|ml\|ലക്ഷം}} ''laksham''
	* In [[Marathi language\|Marathi]]: {{Lang\|mr\|लाख / लक्ष }} ''lākh''		* In [[Marathi language\|Marathi]]: {{Lang\|mr\|लाख / लक्ष }} ''lākh/laksha''
	* In [[Meitei language\|Meitei]]: ꯂꯥꯛ ''lāk''		* In [[Meitei language\|Meitei]]: ꯂꯥꯛ ''lāk''
	* In [[Nepali language\|Nepali]]: {{Lang\|ne\|लाख}} ''lākh''		* In [[Nepali language\|Nepali]]: {{Lang\|ne\|लाख}} ''lākh''
	* In [[Odia language\|Odia]]: {{lang\|or\|ଲକ୍ଷ}} ''~~lakhya~~''		* In [[Odia language\|Odia]]: {{lang\|or\|ଲକ୍ଷ}} ''lôkhyô''
	* In [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]]: ([[Shahmukhi]]: {{lang\|pa\|{{nastaliq\|لکھ}}}}, [[Gurmukhi]]: {{lang\|pa\|ਲੱਖ}}) ''lakkh''		* In [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]]: ([[Shahmukhi]]: {{lang\|pa\|{{nastaliq\|لکھ}}}}, [[Gurmukhi]]: {{lang\|pa\|ਲੱਖ}}) ''lakkh''
	* In [[Sinhala language\|Sinhala]]: {{lang\|si\|ලක්ෂ}} {{~~transl~~\|si\|lakṣa}}		* In [[Sinhala language\|Sinhala]]: {{lang\|si\|ලක්ෂ}} {{transliteration\|si\|lakṣa}}
	* In [[Tamil language\|Tamil]]: {{Lang\|ta\|இலட்சம்}} ''~~ilatcham~~''		* In [[Tamil language\|Tamil]]: {{Lang\|ta\|இலட்சம்}} ''latcham''
	* In [[Telugu language\|Telugu]]: {{Lang\|te\|లక్ష}} ''~~lakṣha~~''		* In [[Telugu language\|Telugu]]: {{Lang\|te\|లక్ష}} ''laksha''
	* In [[Urdu language\|Urdu]]: {{lang\|ur\|{{nq\|لاکھ}}}} ''lākh''		* In [[Urdu language\|Urdu]]: {{lang\|ur\|{{nq\|لاکھ}}}} ''lākh''

	==See also==		==See also==
	~~{{wiktionary\|~~lakh}}		* [[Crore]] (100 lakh, or 10 million)
	* [[~~Crore~~]]		* [[English numerals]]
	* [[Myriad]]		* [[Myriad]]
	* [[Names of large numbers]]		* [[Names of large numbers]]
	* [[Names of numbers in English]]

	==References==		==References==
	{{~~Reflist~~}}		{{reflist}}

	==External links==		==External links==
	* {{~~cite~~ web\|last=IINRG\|first=Ranchi\|title=Government Organisation\|url=http://ilri.ernet.in\|access-date=22 February 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929175743/http://ilri.ernet.in/\|archive-date=29 September 2018\|url-status=dead}}		* {{Cite web\|last=IINRG\|first=Ranchi\|title=Government Organisation\|url=http://ilri.ernet.in/\|access-date=22 February 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929175743/http://ilri.ernet.in/\|archive-date=29 September 2018\|url-status=dead}}

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	* In [[Odia language\|Odia]]: {{lang\|or\|ଲକ୍ଷ}} ''lakhya''		* In [[Odia language\|Odia]]: {{lang\|or\|ଲକ୍ଷ}} ''lakhya''
	* In [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]]: ~~''lakkh''~~ ([[Shahmukhi]]: {{lang\|pa\|{{nastaliq\|لکھ}}}}, [[Gurmukhi]]: {{lang\|pa\|ਲੱਖ}})		* In [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]]: ([[Shahmukhi]]: {{lang\|pa\|{{nastaliq\|لکھ}}}}, [[Gurmukhi]]: {{lang\|pa\|ਲੱਖ}}) ''lakkh''
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	* In [[Tamil language\|Tamil]]: {{Lang\|ta\|இலட்சம்}} ''ilatcham''		* In [[Tamil language\|Tamil]]: {{Lang\|ta\|இலட்சம்}} ''ilatcham''

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'''Lakh''' is the number 10^5, obtained by multiplying ten-thousand by 10, also named one hundred thousand. The word lakh is used in [[India]]. It is written as 1,00,000 in India and 100,000 in most other countries. 100 lakh is one [[crore]].

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	A '''lakh''' ({{IPAc-en\|l\|æ\|k\|,_\|l\|ɑː\|k}}; abbreviated '''L'''; sometimes written '''lac'''<ref name="Rowlett_2008">{{cite dictionary\|title=lakh \|encyclopedia=How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement \|author-first=Russ \|author-last=Rowlett \|publisher=[[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] \|date=15 December 2008 \|orig-year=1998 \|access-date=29 August 2016 \|url=http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictL.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702030033/http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictL.html \|archive-date=2 July 2016 }}</ref>) is a unit in the [[Indian numbering system]] equal to [[100,000\|one hundred thousand]] (100,000; [[scientific notation]]: 10<sup>5</sup>).<ref name="Rowlett_2008"/><ref name="OED1">{{OED1\|lakh}}</ref> <!--The commas here are in their proper place. Please do not change to 1,00,000--> In the Indian 2,2,3 convention of ~~[[Indian numbering system#Use of separators\|~~digit grouping]], it is written as 1,00,000.<ref name=EB1911>{{cite EB1911 \|wstitle=Lakh \|volume=16 \|page=94}}</ref> For example, in India, 150,000 [[Indian rupee\|rupees]] becomes 1.5 ''lakh'' rupees, written as {{INR}}1,50,000 or INR 1,50,000.		A '''lakh''' ({{IPAc-en\|l\|æ\|k\|,_\|l\|ɑː\|k}}; abbreviated '''L'''; sometimes written '''lac'''<ref name="Rowlett_2008">{{cite dictionary\|title=lakh \|encyclopedia=How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement \|author-first=Russ \|author-last=Rowlett \|publisher=[[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] \|date=15 December 2008 \|orig-year=1998 \|access-date=29 August 2016 \|url=http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictL.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702030033/http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictL.html \|archive-date=2 July 2016 }}</ref>) is a unit in the [[Indian numbering system]] equal to [[100,000\|one hundred thousand]] (100,000; [[scientific notation]]: 10<sup>5</sup>).<ref name="Rowlett_2008"/><ref name="OED1">{{OED1\|lakh}}</ref> <!--The commas here are in their proper place. Please do not change to 1,00,000--> In the [[Indian numbering system#Decimal formatting\|Indian 2, 2, 3 convention of digit grouping]], it is written as 1,00,000.<ref name=EB1911>{{cite EB1911 \|wstitle=Lakh \|volume=16 \|page=94}}</ref> For example, in India, 150,000 [[Indian rupee\|rupees]] becomes 1.5 ''lakh'' rupees, written as {{INR}}1,50,000 or INR 1,50,000.

	It is widely used both in official and other contexts in [[Afghanistan]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]], [[India]], [[Myanmar]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], and [[Sri Lanka]]. It is often used in [[Bangladeshi English\|Bangladeshi]], [[Indian English\|Indian]], [[Pakistani English\|Pakistani]], and [[Sri Lankan English]].		It is widely used both in official and other contexts in [[Afghanistan]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]], [[India]], [[Myanmar]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], and [[Sri Lanka]]. It is often used in [[Bangladeshi English\|Bangladeshi]], [[Indian English\|Indian]], [[Pakistani English\|Pakistani]], and [[Sri Lankan English]].

	==Usage==		==Usage==
	In [[Indian English]], the word is used both as an [[Noun adjunct\|attributive]] and non-attributive noun with either an unmarked or marked ("-s") plural, respectively. For example: "1 ''lakh'' people"; "''lakhs'' of people"; "20 ''lakh'' [[rupee]]s"; "''lakhs'' of rupees". In the abbreviated form, usage such as "{{INR\|link=Indian rupee}}5L" or "{{INR\|link=Indian rupee}}5 lac" (for "5 ''lakh'' rupees") is common.<ref>{{Cite book\|last1=Posamentier\|first1=Alfred S.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FmPcDwAAQBAJ&dq=use+of+cr+%22crore%22+abbreviation&pg=PA478\|title=Understanding Mathematics Through Problem Solving\|last2=Poole\|first2=Peter\|date=23 March 2020\|publisher=World Scientific\|isbn=978-981-4663-69-4~~\|language=en~~}}</ref> In this system of numeration, 100 ''lakh'' is called one ''[[crore]]''<ref name=EB1911/> and is equal to 10 million.		In [[Indian English]], the word is used both as an [[Noun adjunct\|attributive]] and non-attributive noun with either an unmarked or marked ("-s") plural, respectively. For example: "1 ''lakh'' people"; "''lakhs'' of people"; "20 ''lakh'' [[rupee]]s"; "''lakhs'' of rupees". In the abbreviated form, usage such as "{{INR\|link=Indian rupee}}5L" or "{{INR\|link=Indian rupee}}5 lac" (for "5 ''lakh'' rupees") is common.<ref>{{Cite book\|last1=Posamentier\|first1=Alfred S.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FmPcDwAAQBAJ&dq=use+of+cr+%22crore%22+abbreviation&pg=PA478\|title=Understanding Mathematics Through Problem Solving\|last2=Poole\|first2=Peter\|date=23 March 2020\|publisher=World Scientific\|isbn=978-981-4663-69-4}}</ref> In this system of numeration, 100 ''lakh'' is called one ''[[crore]]''<ref name=EB1911/> and is equal to 10 million.

			Formal written publications in English in India tend to use ''lakh'' and ''[[crore]]'' for [[Indian rupee\|Indian currency]] and Western numbering for foreign currencies, such as [[United States dollar\|dollars]] and [[Pound sterling\|pounds]].<ref>{{cite web\|author=Shapiro, Richard<!--Employee as per https://www.oed.com/public/oedstaff/staff-of-the-oxford-english-dictionary/loginpage-->\|url=https://public.oed.com/blog/the-most-distinctive-counting-system-in-english-indian-cardinal-numbers/\|title=The most distinctive counting system in English? Indian cardinal numbers\|work=Oxford English Dictionary \|publisher=[[Oxford English Dictionary]]\|date=16 August 2012\|access-date=24 May 2020}} – Shapiro is/was an OED employee. The article states: "The opinions and other information contained in the OED blog posts and comments do not necessarily reflect the opinions or positions of [[Oxford University Press]]."</ref>

	===Silver market===		===Silver market===
	The term is also used in the pricing of silver on the international [[precious metal]]s market, where one ''lakh'' equals {{convert\|100000\|ozt\|kg\|lk=in\|abbr=off}} of [[silver]].<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Gilkes\|first1=Paul\|title=CME Group/Thomson Reuters step down from executing the London silver fix\|url=http://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/2017/03/cme-group-thomson-reuters-out-of-silver-price-ficing.all.html\|access-date=5 July 2017\|date=3 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.perthmint.com.au/education_uom.aspx\|title=Units of Measure\|work=perthmint.com.au\|access-date=6 September 2015\|archive-date=24 September 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924071802/http://www.perthmint.com.au/education_uom.aspx\|url-status=dead}}</ref>		The term is also used in the pricing of silver on the international [[precious metal]]s market, where one ''lakh'' equals {{convert\|100000\|ozt\|kg\|0\|lk=in\|abbr=off}} of [[silver]].<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Gilkes\|first1=Paul\|title=CME Group/Thomson Reuters step down from executing the London silver fix\|url=http://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/2017/03/cme-group-thomson-reuters-out-of-silver-price-ficing.all.html\|access-date=5 July 2017\|date=3 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.perthmint.com.au/education_uom.aspx\|title=Units of Measure\|work=perthmint.com.au\|access-date=6 September 2015\|archive-date=24 September 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924071802/http://www.perthmint.com.au/education_uom.aspx\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	==Etymology and regional variants==		==Etymology and regional variants==
	The modern word ''lakh'' derives from {{~~lang-~~sa\|लक्ष\|translit=lakṣa}}, originally denoting "mark, target, stake in gambling", but also used as the numeral for "100,000" in [[Gupta Empire\|Gupta-era]] Classical Sanskrit (''[[Yājñavalkya Smṛti]]'', ''[[Harivaṃśa]]'').<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?p.3:88.soas \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121215010456/http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?p.3:88.soas \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=15 December 2012 \|title=lakṣá10881 \|access-date=22 August 2010 \|author-last=Turner \|author-first=Sir Ralph Lilley \|author-link=Ralph Lilley Turner \|year=1985 \|work="lakṣhá 10881" in: A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages. London: Oxford University Press, 1962-1966. Includes three supplements, published ~~1969-1985~~ \|publisher=Digital South Asia Library, a project of the Center for Research Libraries and the University of Chicago \|page=629 \|quote= lakṣh masculine "stake, prize" R̥igved, "mark, sign" Mahābhārat, "100,000" Yājñavalkya, "aim" Kālidās<!--, lakṣhya— neuter, masculine ʻ aim ʼ Muṇḍ Upaniṣhad, ʻ prize ʼ Mahābhārat, ʻ 100,000 ʼ Mahābhārat, [√lakṣ. For derivation from root to become numeral, see Addenda: Pali lakkha— masculine ʻ mark, target, stake in gambling ʼ; Oṛiyā lākha, nākha ʻ aim, distinguishing mark ʼ, lācha ʻ brand ʼ; Gujarātī lāchɔ masculine ʻ burning the feet ʼ; Marāṭhī lās masculine ʻ mark made by cautery ʼ, neuter.-->] }}</ref>		The modern word ''lakh'' derives from {{langx\|sa\|लक्ष\|translit=lakṣa}}, originally denoting "mark, target, stake in gambling", but also used as the numeral for "100,000" in [[Gupta Empire\|Gupta-era]] Classical Sanskrit (''[[Yājñavalkya Smṛti]]'', ''[[Harivaṃśa]]'').<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?p.3:88.soas \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121215010456/http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?p.3:88.soas \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=15 December 2012 \|title=lakṣá10881 \|access-date=22 August 2010 \|author-last=Turner \|author-first=Sir Ralph Lilley \|author-link=Ralph Lilley Turner \|year=1985 \|work="lakṣhá 10881" in: A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages. London: Oxford University Press, 1962-1966. Includes three supplements, published 1969–1985 \|publisher=Digital South Asia Library, a project of the Center for Research Libraries and the University of Chicago \|page=629 \|quote= lakṣh masculine "stake, prize" R̥igved, "mark, sign" Mahābhārat, "100,000" Yājñavalkya, "aim" Kālidās<!--, lakṣhya— neuter, masculine ʻ aim ʼ Muṇḍ Upaniṣhad, ʻ prize ʼ Mahābhārat, ʻ 100,000 ʼ Mahābhārat, [√lakṣ. For derivation from root to become numeral, see Addenda: Pali lakkha— masculine ʻ mark, target, stake in gambling ʼ; Oṛiyā lākha, nākha ʻ aim, distinguishing mark ʼ, lācha ʻ brand ʼ; Gujarātī lāchɔ masculine ʻ burning the feet ʼ; Marāṭhī lās masculine ʻ mark made by cautery ʼ, neuter.-->] }}</ref>
			; By language
	Another possible etymology comes from the root word for the [[lac]] bug, used to produce [[shellac]]. The word lakh is a unit in the [[Indian numbering system]] for {{formatnum:100000}} and presumably refers to the large number of insects that swarm on host trees, up to {{convert\|150\|/in2}}.<ref name=Berenbaum1993Page27>{{cite book\|last1=Berenbaum\|first1=May\|title=Ninety-nine More Maggots, Mites, and Munchers\|url=https://archive.org/details/ninetyninemorema00bere\|url-access=registration\|date=1993\|publisher=University of Illinois Press\|isbn=978-0-252-02016-2\|page=[https://archive.org/details/ninetyninemorema00bere/page/27 27]}}</ref>		* [[Assamese language\|Assamese]]: {{lang\|as\|লক্ষ}} ''lokhyo'', or {{lang\|as\|লাখ}} ''lakh''
			* [[Bengali language\|Bengali]]: natively ([[tadbhava]]) known as {{lang\|bn\|লাখ}} ''lākh'', though some use the [[Tatsama\|ardha-tatsama]] {{lang\|bn\|লক্ষ}} ''lokkho''.
	* In [[Assamese language\|Assamese]]: {{lang\|as\|লক্ষ}} ''lokhyo'', or {{lang\|as\|লাখ}} ''lakh''		* [[Bhojpuri language\|Bhojpuri]]: 𑂪𑂰𑂎 ''lākh''
	* In [[Bengali language\|Bengali]]: natively (tadbhava) known as {{lang\|bn\|লাখ}} ''lākh'', though some use the ardha-tatsama {{lang\|bn\|লক্ষ}} ''lokkho''.		* [[Bishnupriya Manipuri language\|Bishnupriya Manipuri]]: লাখ ''lākha''
	* In [[~~Hindi~~ language\|Hindi]]: {{Lang\|he\|लाख}} ''lākh''		* [[Hindustani language\|Hindustani]]: ([[Hindi]]: {{Lang\|hi\|लाख}}, [[Urdu]]: {{lang\|ur\|{{nastaliq\|لاکھ}}}}) ''lākh''
	* In [[Maldivian language\|Dhivehi]]: ލައްކަ ''~~la'kha~~''		* [[Maldivian language\|Dhivehi]]: {{Lang\|dv\|ލައްކަ}} ''lakka''
	* In [[Gujarati language\|Gujarati]]: {{lang\|gu\|લાખ}} ''lākh''		* [[Gujarati language\|Gujarati]]: {{lang\|gu\|લાખ}} ''lākh''
	* In [[~~Kannada language\|~~Kannada]]: {{lang\|kn\|ಲಕ್ಷ}} ''lakṣha''		* [[Kannada]]: {{lang\|kn\|ಲಕ್ಷ}} ''lakṣha''
	* In [[Kashmiri language\|Kashmiri]]: {{lang\|ks\|{{~~uninastaliq~~\|لَچھ}}}} ''lachh''		* [[Kashmiri language\|Kashmiri]]: {{lang\|ks\|{{nastaliq\|لَچھ}}}} ''lachh''
	* In [[Khasi language\|Khasi]]: ''lak''		* [[Khasi language\|Khasi]]: {{Lang\|kha\|lak}}
	* In [[~~Malayalam language\|~~Malayalam]]: {{Lang\|ml\|ലക്ഷം}} ''laksham''		* [[Malayalam]]: {{Lang\|ml\|ലക്ഷം}} ''laksham''
	* In [[Marathi language\|Marathi]]: {{Lang\|mr\|लाख / लक्ष }} ''lākh/laksha''		* [[Marathi language\|Marathi]]: {{Lang\|mr\|लाख/लक्ष}} ''lākh/laksha''
	* In [[Meitei language\|Meitei]]: ꯂꯥꯛ ''lāk''		* [[Meitei language\|Meitei]]: ꯂꯥꯛ ''lāk''
	* In [[Nepali language\|Nepali]]: {{Lang\|ne\|लाख}} ''lākh''		* [[Nepali language\|Nepali]]: {{Lang\|ne\|लाख}} ''lākh''
	* In [[Odia language\|Odia]]: {{lang\|or\|ଲକ୍ଷ}} ''~~lôkhyô~~''		* [[Odia language\|Odia]]: {{lang\|or\|ଲକ୍ଷ}} ''låkhyå''
	* In [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]]: ([[Shahmukhi]]: {{lang\|pa\|{{nastaliq\|لکھ}}}}, [[Gurmukhi]]: {{lang\|pa\|ਲੱਖ}}) ''lakkh''		* [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]]: ([[Shahmukhi]]: {{lang\|pa\|{{nastaliq\|لکھ}}}}, [[Gurmukhi]]: {{lang\|pa\|ਲੱਖ}}) ''lakkh''
	* In [[Sinhala language\|Sinhala]]: {{lang\|si\|ලක්ෂ}} {{transliteration\|si\|lakṣa}}		* [[Sanskrit]]: {{Lang\|sa\|लक्ष}} {{transliteration\|sa\|lakṣa}}
	* In [[Tamil language\|Tamil]]: {{Lang\|ta\|இலட்சம்}} ''latcham''		* [[Sinhala language\|Sinhala]]: {{lang\|si\|ලක්ෂ}} {{transliteration\|si\|lakṣa}}
	* In [[Telugu language\|Telugu]]: {{Lang\|te\|లక్ష}} ''laksha''		* [[Tamil language\|Tamil]]: {{Lang\|ta\|இலட்சம்}} ''latcham''
	* In [[Urdu language\|Urdu]]: {{lang\|ur\|{{nq\|لاکھ}}}} ''lākh''		* [[Telugu language\|Telugu]]: {{Lang\|te\|లక్ష}} ''laksha''

	==See also==		==See also==
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	==External links==		==External links==
			{{wiktionary\|lakh}}
	* {{Cite web\|last=IINRG\|first=Ranchi\|title=Government Organisation\|url=http://ilri.ernet.in/\|access-date=22 February 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929175743/http://ilri.ernet.in/\|archive-date=29 September 2018\|url-status=dead}}		* {{Cite web\|last=IINRG\|first=Ranchi\|title=Government Organisation\|url=http://ilri.ernet.in/\|access-date=22 February 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929175743/http://ilri.ernet.in/\|archive-date=29 September 2018\|url-status=dead}}

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	[[Category:Hindi words and phrases]]		[[Category:Hindi words and phrases]]
	[[Category:Urdu~~-language~~ words and phrases]]		[[Category:Urdu words and phrases]]
	[[Category:Indian English idioms]]		[[Category:Indian English idioms]]
	[[Category:Pakistani English idioms]]		[[Category:Pakistani English idioms]]

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	A '''lakh''' ({{IPAc-en\|l\|æ\|k\|,_\|l\|ɑː\|k}}; abbreviated '''L'''; sometimes written '''lac'''<ref name="Rowlett_2008">{{cite dictionary\|title=lakh \|encyclopedia=How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement \|author-first=Russ \|author-last=Rowlett \|publisher=[[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] \|date=2008-12-15 \|orig-year=1998 \|access-date=2016-08-29 \|url=http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictL.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702030033/http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictL.html \|archive-date=2016-07-02 }}</ref>) is a unit in the [[Indian numbering system]] equal to [[one hundred thousand]] (100,000; [[scientific notation]]: 10<sup>5</sup>).<ref name="Rowlett_2008"/><ref name="OED1">{{OED1\|lakh}}</ref> <!--The commas here are in their proper place. Please do not change to 1,00,000--> In the [[Indian numbering system\|Indian]] 2,2,3 convention of [[Indian numbering system#Use of separators\|digit grouping]], it is written as 1,00,000.<ref name=EB1911>{{cite EB1911 \|wstitle=Lakh \|volume=16 \|page=94}}</ref> For example, in India 150,000 [[Indian rupee\|rupees]] becomes 1.5 ''lakh'' rupees, written as {{INR}}1,50,000 or INR 1,50,000.

	It is widely used both in official and other contexts in [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]], [[India]], [[Myanmar]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], and [[Sri Lanka]]. It is often used in [[~~Indian~~ English\|~~Indian~~]], [[~~Bangladeshi~~ English\|~~Bangladeshi~~]], [[Pakistani English\|Pakistani]], and [[Sri Lankan English]].		A '''lakh''' ({{IPAc-en\|l\|æ\|k\|,_\|l\|ɑː\|k}}; abbreviated '''L'''; sometimes written '''lac'''<ref name="Rowlett_2008">{{cite dictionary\|title=lakh \|encyclopedia=How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement \|author-first=Russ \|author-last=Rowlett \|publisher=[[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] \|date=15 December 2008 \|orig-year=1998 \|access-date=29 August 2016 \|url=http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictL.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702030033/http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictL.html \|archive-date=2 July 2016 }}</ref>) is a unit in the [[Indian numbering system]] equal to [[100,000\|one hundred thousand]] (100,000; [[scientific notation]]: 10<sup>5</sup>).<ref name="Rowlett_2008"/><ref name="OED1">{{OED1\|lakh}}</ref> <!--The commas here are in their proper place. Please do not change to 1,00,000--> In the Indian 2,2,3 convention of [[Indian numbering system#Use of separators\|digit grouping]], it is written as 1,00,000.<ref name=EB1911>{{cite EB1911 \|wstitle=Lakh \|volume=16 \|page=94}}</ref> For example, in India, 150,000 [[Indian rupee\|rupees]] becomes 1.5 ''lakh'' rupees, written as {{INR}}1,50,000 or INR 1,50,000.

			It is widely used both in official and other contexts in [[Afghanistan]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]], [[India]], [[Myanmar]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], and [[Sri Lanka]]. It is often used in [[Bangladeshi English\|Bangladeshi]], [[Indian English\|Indian]], [[Pakistani English\|Pakistani]], and [[Sri Lankan English]].

	==Usage==		==Usage==
	In [[Indian English]], the word is used both as an [[Noun adjunct\|attributive]] and non-attributive noun with either an unmarked or marked ("-s") plural, respectively. For example: "1 ''lakh'' people"; "''lakhs'' of people"; "20 ''lakh'' [[rupee]]s"; "''lakhs'' of rupees". In the abbreviated form, usage such as "{{INR\|link=Indian rupee}}5L" or "{{INR\|link=Indian rupee}}5 lac" (for "5 ''lakh'' rupees") is common.{{~~citation needed~~\|date=~~October 2013~~}} In this system of numeration, 100 ''lakh'' is called one ''[[crore]]''<ref name=EB1911/> and is equal to 10 million.		In [[Indian English]], the word is used both as an [[Noun adjunct\|attributive]] and non-attributive noun with either an unmarked or marked ("-s") plural, respectively. For example: "1 ''lakh'' people"; "''lakhs'' of people"; "20 ''lakh'' [[rupee]]s"; "''lakhs'' of rupees". In the abbreviated form, usage such as "{{INR\|link=Indian rupee}}5L" or "{{INR\|link=Indian rupee}}5 lac" (for "5 ''lakh'' rupees") is common.<ref>{{Cite book\|last1=Posamentier\|first1=Alfred S.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FmPcDwAAQBAJ&dq=use+of+cr+%22crore%22+abbreviation&pg=PA478\|title=Understanding Mathematics Through Problem Solving\|last2=Poole\|first2=Peter\|date=23 March 2020\|publisher=World Scientific\|isbn=978-981-4663-69-4\|language=en}}</ref> In this system of numeration, 100 ''lakh'' is called one ''[[crore]]''<ref name=EB1911/> and is equal to 10 million.

	===Silver market===		===Silver market===
	The term is also used in the pricing of silver on the international [[precious metal]]s market, where one ''lakh'' equals {{convert\|100000\|ozt\|kg\|lk=in\|abbr=off}} of [[silver]].<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Gilkes\|first1=Paul\|title=CME Group/Thomson Reuters step down from executing the London silver fix\|url=http://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/2017/03/cme-group-thomson-reuters-out-of-silver-price-ficing.all.html\|access-date=5 July 2017\|date=3 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.perthmint.com.au/education_uom.aspx\|title=Units of Measure\|work=perthmint.com.au\|access-date=6 September 2015}}</ref>		The term is also used in the pricing of silver on the international [[precious metal]]s market, where one ''lakh'' equals {{convert\|100000\|ozt\|kg\|lk=in\|abbr=off}} of [[silver]].<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Gilkes\|first1=Paul\|title=CME Group/Thomson Reuters step down from executing the London silver fix\|url=http://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/2017/03/cme-group-thomson-reuters-out-of-silver-price-ficing.all.html\|access-date=5 July 2017\|date=3 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.perthmint.com.au/education_uom.aspx\|title=Units of Measure\|work=perthmint.com.au\|access-date=6 September 2015\|archive-date=24 September 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924071802/http://www.perthmint.com.au/education_uom.aspx\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	==Etymology and regional variants==		==Etymology and regional variants==
	The modern word ''lakh'' ~~represents~~ {{lang-sa\|lakṣa}} ~~([[Devanagari]]: [[:wikt:लक्ष\|लक्ष]])~~, originally denoting "mark, target, stake in gambling", but also used as the numeral for "100,000" in [[Gupta Empire\|Gupta-era]] Classical Sanskrit (''[[Yājñavalkya Smṛti]]'', ''[[Harivaṃśa]]'').<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?p.3:88.soas \|archive-url=https://archive.is/20121215010456/http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?p.3:88.soas \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=2012~~-12-15~~ \|title=lakṣá10881 \|access-date=2010~~-08-22~~ \|author-last=Turner \|author-first=Sir Ralph Lilley \|author-link=Ralph Lilley Turner \|year=1985 \|work="lakṣhá 10881" in: A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages. London: Oxford University Press, 1962-1966. Includes three supplements, published 1969-1985 \|publisher=Digital South Asia Library, a project of the Center for Research Libraries and the University of Chicago \|page=629 \|quote= lakṣh masculine "stake, prize" R̥igved, "mark, sign" Mahābhārat, "100,000" Yājñavalkya, "aim" Kālidās<!--, lakṣhya— neuter, masculine ʻ aim ʼ Muṇḍ Upaniṣhad, ʻ prize ʼ Mahābhārat, ʻ 100,000 ʼ Mahābhārat, [√lakṣ. For derivation from root to become numeral, see Addenda: Pali lakkha— masculine ʻ mark, target, stake in gambling ʼ; Oṛiyā lākha, nākha ʻ aim, distinguishing mark ʼ, lācha ʻ brand ʼ; Gujarātī lāchɔ masculine ʻ burning the feet ʼ; Marāṭhī lās masculine ʻ mark made by cautery ʼ, neuter.-->] }}</ref>		The modern word ''lakh'' derives from {{lang-sa\|लक्ष\|translit=lakṣa}}, originally denoting "mark, target, stake in gambling", but also used as the numeral for "100,000" in [[Gupta Empire\|Gupta-era]] Classical Sanskrit (''[[Yājñavalkya Smṛti]]'', ''[[Harivaṃśa]]'').<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?p.3:88.soas \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121215010456/http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?p.3:88.soas \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=15 December 2012 \|title=lakṣá10881 \|access-date=22 August 2010 \|author-last=Turner \|author-first=Sir Ralph Lilley \|author-link=Ralph Lilley Turner \|year=1985 \|work="lakṣhá 10881" in: A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages. London: Oxford University Press, 1962-1966. Includes three supplements, published 1969-1985 \|publisher=Digital South Asia Library, a project of the Center for Research Libraries and the University of Chicago \|page=629 \|quote= lakṣh masculine "stake, prize" R̥igved, "mark, sign" Mahābhārat, "100,000" Yājñavalkya, "aim" Kālidās<!--, lakṣhya— neuter, masculine ʻ aim ʼ Muṇḍ Upaniṣhad, ʻ prize ʼ Mahābhārat, ʻ 100,000 ʼ Mahābhārat, [√lakṣ. For derivation from root to become numeral, see Addenda: Pali lakkha— masculine ʻ mark, target, stake in gambling ʼ; Oṛiyā lākha, nākha ʻ aim, distinguishing mark ʼ, lācha ʻ brand ʼ; Gujarātī lāchɔ masculine ʻ burning the feet ʼ; Marāṭhī lās masculine ʻ mark made by cautery ʼ, neuter.-->] }}</ref>

			Another possible etymology comes from the root word for the [[lac]] bug, used to produce [[shellac]]. The word lakh is a unit in the [[Indian numbering system]] for {{formatnum:100000}} and presumably refers to the large number of insects that swarm on host trees, up to {{convert\|150\|/in2}}.<ref name=Berenbaum1993Page27>{{cite book\|last1=Berenbaum\|first1=May\|title=Ninety-nine More Maggots, Mites, and Munchers\|url=https://archive.org/details/ninetyninemorema00bere\|url-access=registration\|date=1993\|publisher=University of Illinois Press\|isbn=978-0-252-02016-2\|page=[https://archive.org/details/ninetyninemorema00bere/page/27 27]}}</ref>

	* In [[Assamese language\|Assamese]]: {{lang\|as\|লক্ষ}} ''lokhyo'', or {{lang\|as\|লাখ}} ''lakh''		* In [[Assamese language\|Assamese]]: {{lang\|as\|লক্ষ}} ''lokhyo'', or {{lang\|as\|লাখ}} ''lakh''
	* In [[Bengali language\|Bengali]]: natively (tadbhava) known as {{lang\|bn\|লাখ}} ''lākh'', though some use the ardha-tatsama {{lang\|bn\|লক্ষ}} ''lokkho''.		* In [[Bengali language\|Bengali]]: natively (tadbhava) known as {{lang\|bn\|লাখ}} ''lākh'', though some use the ardha-tatsama {{lang\|bn\|লক্ষ}} ''lokkho''.
			* In [[Hindi language\|Hindi]]: {{Lang\|he\|लाख}} ''lākh''
	* In [[Maldivian language\|Dhivehi]]: ލައްކަ ''la'kha''		* In [[Maldivian language\|Dhivehi]]: ލައްކަ ''la'kha''
	* In [[Gujarati language\|Gujarati]]: {{lang\|gu\|લાખ}} ''lākh''		* In [[Gujarati language\|Gujarati]]: {{lang\|gu\|લાખ}} ''lākh''
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	* In [[Khasi language\|Khasi]]: ''lak''		* In [[Khasi language\|Khasi]]: ''lak''
	* In [[Malayalam language\|Malayalam]]: {{Lang\|ml\|ലക്ഷം}} ''laksham''		* In [[Malayalam language\|Malayalam]]: {{Lang\|ml\|ലക്ഷം}} ''laksham''
	* In [[Marathi language\|Marathi]]: {{Lang\|mr\|लाख / लक्ष }} ''lākh''		* In [[Marathi language\|Marathi]]: {{Lang\|mr\|लाख / लक्ष }} ''lākh/laksha''
	* In [[Meitei language\|Meitei]]: ꯂꯥꯛ ''lāk''		* In [[Meitei language\|Meitei]]: ꯂꯥꯛ ''lāk''
	* In [[Nepali language\|Nepali]]: {{Lang\|ne\|लाख}} ''lākh''		* In [[Nepali language\|Nepali]]: {{Lang\|ne\|लाख}} ''lākh''
	* In [[Odia language\|Odia]]: {{lang\|or\|ଲକ୍ଷ}} ''~~lakhya~~''		* In [[Odia language\|Odia]]: {{lang\|or\|ଲକ୍ଷ}} ''lôkhyô''
	* In [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]]: ([[Shahmukhi]]: {{lang\|pa\|{{nastaliq\|لکھ}}}}, [[Gurmukhi]]: {{lang\|pa\|ਲੱਖ}}) ''lakkh''		* In [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]]: ([[Shahmukhi]]: {{lang\|pa\|{{nastaliq\|لکھ}}}}, [[Gurmukhi]]: {{lang\|pa\|ਲੱਖ}}) ''lakkh''
	* In [[Sinhala language\|Sinhala]]: {{lang\|si\|ලක්ෂ}} {{~~transl~~\|si\|lakṣa}}		* In [[Sinhala language\|Sinhala]]: {{lang\|si\|ලක්ෂ}} {{transliteration\|si\|lakṣa}}
	* In [[Tamil language\|Tamil]]: {{Lang\|ta\|இலட்சம்}} ''~~ilatcham~~''		* In [[Tamil language\|Tamil]]: {{Lang\|ta\|இலட்சம்}} ''latcham''
	* In [[Telugu language\|Telugu]]: {{Lang\|te\|లక్ష}} ''~~lakṣha~~''		* In [[Telugu language\|Telugu]]: {{Lang\|te\|లక్ష}} ''laksha''
	* In [[Urdu language\|Urdu]]: {{lang\|ur\|{{nq\|لاکھ}}}} ''lākh''		* In [[Urdu language\|Urdu]]: {{lang\|ur\|{{nq\|لاکھ}}}} ''lākh''

	==See also==		==See also==
	~~{{wiktionary\|~~lakh}}		* [[Crore]] (100 lakh, or 10 million)
	* [[~~Crore~~]]		* [[English numerals]]
	* [[Myriad]]		* [[Myriad]]
	* [[Names of large numbers]]		* [[Names of large numbers]]
	* [[Names of numbers in English]]

	==References==		==References==
	{{~~Reflist~~}}		{{reflist}}

	==External links==		==External links==
	* {{~~cite~~ web\|last=IINRG\|first=Ranchi\|title=Government Organisation\|url=http://ilri.ernet.in\|access-date=22 February 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929175743/http://ilri.ernet.in/\|archive-date=29 September 2018\|url-status=dead}}		* {{Cite web\|last=IINRG\|first=Ranchi\|title=Government Organisation\|url=http://ilri.ernet.in/\|access-date=22 February 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929175743/http://ilri.ernet.in/\|archive-date=29 September 2018\|url-status=dead}}

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	* In [[Nepali language\|Nepali]]: {{Lang\|ne\|लाख}} ''lākh''		* In [[Nepali language\|Nepali]]: {{Lang\|ne\|लाख}} ''lākh''
	* In [[Odia language\|Odia]]: {{lang\|or\|ଲକ୍ଷ}} ''lakhya''		* In [[Odia language\|Odia]]: {{lang\|or\|ଲକ୍ଷ}} ''lakhya''
	* In [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]]: ~~''lakkh''~~ ([[Shahmukhi]]: {{lang\|pa\|{{nastaliq\|لکھ}}}}, [[Gurmukhi]]: {{lang\|pa\|ਲੱਖ}})		* In [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]]: ([[Shahmukhi]]: {{lang\|pa\|{{nastaliq\|لکھ}}}}, [[Gurmukhi]]: {{lang\|pa\|ਲੱਖ}}) ''lakkh''
	* In [[Sinhala language\|Sinhala]]: {{lang\|si\|ලක්ෂ}} {{transl\|si\|lakṣa}}		* In [[Sinhala language\|Sinhala]]: {{lang\|si\|ලක්ෂ}} {{transl\|si\|lakṣa}}
	* In [[Tamil language\|Tamil]]: {{Lang\|ta\|இலட்சம்}} ''ilatcham''		* In [[Tamil language\|Tamil]]: {{Lang\|ta\|இலட்சம்}} ''ilatcham''