લાખ

See also: લેખ, and લીખ

Gujarati

Gujarati numbers ^(edit)

←  100	←  10,000	૧,૦૦,૦૦૦ 100,000	1,000,000 (106)  →	100,000,000 (108)  →
Cardinal: લાખ (lākh)     Ordinal: લાખમું (lākhmũ)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀔 (lakkha), from Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣá). Doublet of લક્ષ (lakṣ). Cognate with Assamese and Bengali লাখ (lakh) and Hindi, Nepali, Marathi, and Marwari लाख (lākh).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑkʰ/
• Rhymes: -ɑkʰ
• Hyphenation: લાખ

Noun

લાખ • (lākh) f (cardinal number)

1. one hundred thousand

Declension

Declension of લાખ
	singular	plural
nominative	લાખ (lākh)	લાખો (lākho)
oblique	લાખ (lākh)	લાખો (lākho)
vocative	લાખ (lākh)	લાખો (lākho)
instrumental	લાખે (lākhe)	લાખોએ (lākhoe)
locative	લાખે (lākhe)	લાખોએ (lākhoe)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lakṣá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Further reading

• “લાખ”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.