Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
One hundred thousand rupees. · Often in the plural: an indefinitely large number; a zillion.
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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryOne hundred thousand (10⁵): 100,000, that is, with Indian digit grouping, 1,00,000.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- Sanskrit रक्ष् (rakṣ)? Sanskrit लक्ष् (lakṣ) Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa) Hindustanibor. English lakh Borrowed from Hindustani लाख or لاکھ (lākh), from Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa), from लक्ष् (lakṣ, “to mark; to sign; to observe, perceive”), possibly from रक्ष् (rakṣ, “to observe (a duty, law, etc.); to guard, protect”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (“to protect”).
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