Etymology and Regional Variants
The root of the word lakh may be Pali lakkha—masculine mark, target, stake in gambling; from the latter derived the numerical meaning, "one hundred thousand". Or its root may be Sanskrit laksha (Devanagari: लक्ष lakṣa) which has similar meanings in Sanskrit.
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