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A '''lakh''' (also written '''lac''') is a unit in the [[Indian numbering system]] equal to [[100000 (number)|one hundred thousand]] (100,000; 10<sup>5</sup>). It is widely used both in official and other contexts in [[Bangladesh]], [[India]], [[Nepal]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Myanmar]] and [[Pakistan]], and is often used in [[Indian English]].
This system of measurement also introduces [[Decimal separator|separators]] into numbers in a place that is different from that which is common in certain other number systems. For example, 30 lakh which is to say 3 [[million]], would be written as 30,00,000 instead of 3,000,000. In this system of counting, a hundred lakhs make a [[crore]], which is ten million.
In India, one lakh is written as 1,00,000. In most other parts of the world, the comma appears every three positions, so a lakh would usually be written as 100,000 outside India.
In India, the first comma appears after three places, but after every two places thereafter.
Examples of the Indian comma system: 12,12,12,123 5,05,000 7,00,00,00,000.
The same examples in the Western system: 121,212,123 505,000 7,000,000,000
===Etymology and regional variants===
The lakh is known by various regional names in modern languages, all derived from the Sanskrit word लक्ष ''{{unicode|lakṣa}}'' "hundred thousand":
*[[Assamese language|Assamese]]: লাখ ''lakh''
*[[Bengali language|Bengali]]: লাখ ''lakh'' or লক্ষ ''lokkho''
*[[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]: લાખ ''lākh''
*[[Hindi]] लाख ''lākh''
*[[Japanese language|Japanese]]: 洛叉 ''rakusha''
*[[Kannada language|Kannada]]: ಲಕ್ಷ ''{{unicode|lakṣa}}''
*[[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]: ലക്ഷം ''{{unicode|lakṣam}}''
*[[Standard Mandarin|Mandarin]]: 洛叉 ''luòchā''
*[[Marathi language|Marathi]]: लाख ''lākh'' or लक्ष ''{{unicode|lakṣa}}''
*[[Nepali language|Nepali]]: लाख ''lākh''
*[[Pashto language|Pashto]]: لک ''lakh''
*[[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]: ਲਾਖ ''lākh''
*[[Swahili language|Swahili]]: laki or lakhi
*[[Tamil language|Tamil]] : இலட்சம் ''{{unicode|laṭcham}}''
*[[Telugu language|Telugu]]: లక్ష ''{{unicode|lakṣa}}''
*[[Urdu]]: لکھ ''lakh''
==See also==
* [[Crore]] (= 100 lakh)
* [[Names of numbers in English]]
* [[Names of large numbers]]
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[[Category:Numbers]]
[[Category:Customary units in India]]
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