Talk:Lakh
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the system i know i s 1-one 10-ten 100-hundered 1000-thousand 10000-ten thousand 100000-lakh(hundered thousand) 1000000-10 lakhs(thousand thousands)- million 10000000-1crore(hundredlakhs)- 10 million 100000000-10 crore(thouand lakhslakhs)-100million 1000000000-100crore-(ten thousand lakhs)-1000millions-1billion
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laksha not to be confused with lakshya (goal).
The Sinhala word for lakh is "lakshaya" meaning 100,000 (Sinhala is the main language of Sri Lanka)
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[edit] what's up with the confusing tag?
I read the article (ran across the word in an Indian novel a few years ago, figured out what it meant from the context, came to look it up here because I was discussing it with a friend)...and found it perfectly clear and understandable. I vote we remove the tag. -jackbrown
I think it was confusing and gave it a try to disentangle. The problem is the discussion of "spelling" variants, which really are irrelevant English transliteration variants mixed with variants of the actual word. The parenthesis about laksha was just the tip of the iceberg. Feel free to elaborate further, but what I did takes care of the tag and I removed it. Gschadow 15:42, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
I vote to remove the tag - jbp
I see no jargon. I vote for removing the tag --Petethewhistle (talk) 17:41, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
- The tag was added when the article was full of jargon. It has since been improved, the tag can be removed. Ekantik talk 21:04, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Cite tag
What is there to cite in this article, exactly? --Ttownfeen (talk) 01:13, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
[edit] When would we, as English speakers, even use this word?
In all seriousness. Lakh and crore are not proper nouns and we have English words that have the exact same meanings. Why would anybody use these words at all? If I see them used in a Wikipedia article should I replace them with their English equivalents? Veecort (talk) 21:06, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
- Lac and crore are used in English-language texts primarily in South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, etc.). These countries all have a huge number of English-language newspapers, magazines, books, etc., and they predominantly use the Indian numbering system (with lacs and crores) as opposed to ten-thousands, hundred-thousands, etc. Of course, these numbers (even in their English variants) are not used widely outside South Asia. --SameerKhan (talk) 23:43, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
- By far the majority of English speakers, speak English as a secondary language, and by far the majority of teachers of English as a secondary language are in India. BBC has long-since given up prescribing a BBC standard for English, to the chagrin of many who tune in to tune up their English; but BBC acknowledges that the English no longer own English (if, indeed, they ever did.) Pawyilee (talk) 06:16, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
- Britain and India have a long common history. A number of words have travelled from India to England to spice the English language, why stop now??Petethewhistle (talk) 23:29, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
- By far the majority of English speakers, speak English as a secondary language, and by far the majority of teachers of English as a secondary language are in India. BBC has long-since given up prescribing a BBC standard for English, to the chagrin of many who tune in to tune up their English; but BBC acknowledges that the English no longer own English (if, indeed, they ever did.) Pawyilee (talk) 06:16, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] 1 to 1 billion
the system i know is 1-one 10-ten 100-hundered 1000-thousand 10000-ten thousand 100000-lakh(hundered thousand) 1000000-10 lakhs(thousand thousands)- million 10000000-1crore(hundredlakhs)- 10 million 100000000-10 crore(thouand lakhslakhs)-100million 1000000000-100crore-(ten thousand lakhs)-1000millions-1billion —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.59.105.245 (talk) 21:00, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
[edit] "Other" deleted
I deleted Lakh in other languages having Proto-Indo-European roots: English lac "red resinous substance," as there are more plausible origins for the red resin in the Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary.--Pawyilee (talk) 12:08, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
