Lakh definitions

läk, lăk
One hundred thousand.

Created three lakh jobs; worth one lakh fifty thousand rupees.

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A large, indefinite number.

Lakhs of birds in the sky.

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In India and Pakistan,
  • The sum of 100,000.
  • Any indefinitely large number.
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Origin of lakh

Hindi Urdu l¯kh from Prakrit lakkha- from Sanskrit lakṭaḥ sign, token, prize, one hundred thousand of unknown origin

Sentence Examples

  • lakh children in this age group could not be covered during the earlier rounds.

  • lakh per annum.

  • About Girishk, on the Helmund, are extensive mounds and other traces of buildings; and the remains of several great cities exist in the plain of Seistan, as at Pulki, Peshawaran and Lakh, relics of ancient Drangiana.

  • The four crore people of bundelkhand speak Bundeli language having same culture .So they collectively deserve for own statehood .Sanjay Pandey the leader of Bundelkhand Akikrit Party says that the area of bundelkhand region is nearly 2.5 lakh square KM, which is more than the areas of Tripura,Meghalaya,Himachal Pradesh,Haryana,Mijoram,Manipur etc. If Bundelkhand is formed ;it will be the ninth bigger state of India.

  • Avarian is a sort of inter-tribal tongue, while Lakh or Kazi-kumukh, Kurin, Darghi-kaitakh, Andi, and Tabasaran are some of the more important dialects, each subdivided into subdialects.

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