Lakh

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /lɑːk/
• US IPA: /lÉ‘k/

Alternative forms

• lac

Origin

From Urdu لاکھ, from Hindi लाख, from Sanskrit लक्षं.

Full definition of lakh

Numeral

1. (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong) One hundred thousand. Often used with units of money.
• 1972, Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain - West IndiesBut they were both killed in the same engagement against Tippoo Sahib, her father owing ten lakhs of rupees and her husband nearly half that sum.
• November 13 2012, Neeraj Chauhan & Dwaipayan Ghosh, Couple from Maharashtra held for Rs 1,100 crore stock scamAfter a hunt lasting more than a year-and-a-half, police have arrested a couple for duping around 2 lakh people in one of India's biggest investment frauds involving an estimated Rs 1,100 crore.
• 2013 January 3, N. Gopal Raj, “Polio free does not mean paralysis free” http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/polio-free-does-not-mean-paralysis-free/article4266043.ece, The HinduAccording to data published in WHO’s Weekly Epidemiological Record, India’s annualised non-polio AFP rate for 2011 stood at 15.06 per one lakh children below 15 years of age, compared to a global rate that year of 5.48.