لاخ

لاخ. (ا. هندی). صد هزار. در انگلیسی lakh وام واژه از سنسکریت The word "lakh" means 100,000, particularly in the context of Indian currency (rupees). Its etymology traces back to the Sanskrit word "lakṣa," which originally signified "mark," "target," or "stake in gambling," but also came to denote the number 100,000 in Gupta-era Sanskrit. The word entered English through Hindi and Urdu, where it is also spelled "lakh" (or "lac").