different between lakh vs laky

English

Alternative forms

• lac

Etymology

From Hindustani ??? (l?kh)/????? (l?kh), from Sanskrit ???? (lak?a).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /l??k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /læk/
• (India) IPA^(key): /l??k?/

Numeral

lakh (plural lakhs)

1. (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka) One hundred thousand; 100,000. Often used with units of money.
   • 1972, Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain - West Indies

     But 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.

   • After 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” [2], The Hindu

     According 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.

Translations

See also

• crore
• mohur

Anagrams

• Kahl

French

Etymology

From English lakh, from Hindi ??? (l?kh), from Sanskrit ???? (lak?a)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lak/

Noun

lakh m (plural lakhs)

1. lakh

English

Etymology

From Middle English laky, equivalent to lake +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?le?ki/
• Rhymes: -e?ki

Adjective

laky (comparative lakier, superlative lakiest)

1. of, pertaining to, or resembling a lake
2. of the color of a lake pigment; murky
3. transparent; said of blood rendered transparent by the action of some solvent agent on the red blood corpuscles

References

Random House Dictionary

Anagrams

• Kyla, alky