lakh
/lak
/ /lɑːk /(also lac)
noun (plural lakhs, same) Indian
A hundred thousand: they fixed the price at five lakhs of rupees...
- If you calculate the whole thing then this graft works out to thousands and lakhs of rupees.
- This minor aberration had made Kachori richer by a few hundred lakhs.
- Two hundred lakhs have been given to Kandy and two hundred and fifty lakhs to develop Kalutara and Ratnapura.
Origin
Via Hindi from Sanskrit lakṣa.