Lakh 121450 218029717 2008-06-08T21:00:39Z 91.111.86.80 changed "non-Indian" to "Western" when referring to the xxx,xxx,xxx system (because, e.g. Japanese is non-Indian but uses a xxxx,xxxx,xxxx system of counting) {{Unreferenced|date=April 2008}} 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 &nbsp;&nbsp; 5,05,000 &nbsp;&nbsp; 7,00,00,00,000. The same examples in the Western system: 121,212,123 &nbsp;&nbsp; 505,000 &nbsp;&nbsp; 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]] [[Category:Numerals]] [[Category:Numbers]] [[Category:Customary units in India]] {{num-stub}} [[bn:লাখ]] [[de:Lakh]] [[es:Lakh]] [[fr:Lakh]] [[gu:લાખ]] [[hi:लाख]] [[sw:Lakhi]] [[mr:लाख]] [[nl:Lakh]] [[no:Lakh]] [[pl:Lakh]] [[rmy:Lakh]] [[sv:Lakh]] [[ta:இலட்சம்]]