Lakh vs Laky - What's the difference?
lakh | laky |
(India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong) One hundred thousand. Often used with units of money.
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* 2013 January 3, N. Gopal Raj, “Polio free does not mean paralysis free” [http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/polio-free-does-not-mean-paralysis-free/article4266043.ece], The Hindu
of, pertaining to, or resembling a lake
of the color of a lake pigment; murky
transparent; said of blood rendered transparent by the action of some solvent agent on the red blood corpuscles
As a numeral lakh
is one hundred thousand. Often used with units of money.As an adjective laky is
of, pertaining to, or resembling a lake.lakh
English
Alternative forms
* lacNumeral
(en noun)- But they were both killed in the same engagement against Tippoo Sahib, her father owing ten lakhs of rupees and her husband nearly half that sum.
- After a hunt lasting more than a year-and-a-half, police have arrested a couple for duping around 2 lakh people in one of India's biggest investment frauds involving an estimated Rs 1,100 crore.
- According to data published in WHO’s Weekly Epidemiological Record, India’s annualised non-polio AFP rate for 2011 stood at 15.06 per one lakh children below 15 years of age, compared to a global rate that year of 5.48.
See also
* crore * mohurlaky
English
Adjective
(er)- (Sir Walter Scott)
