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A crore (/ˈkrɔːr/; abbreviated cr) is a unit in the South Asian numbering system equal to ten million (10,000,000; Scientific notation: 10⁷), which is written as 1,00,00,000, equal to a hundred lakh (lakh is written as 1,00,000). It is widely used in: India, Bangladesh, Pakistan]], Nepal and Sri Lanka. In Pakistan, they do not use South Asian numbering system in English but only in Urdu and other regional languages.

Usage

Money

Large amounts of money in India are often written in the form ₹23cr, that is 23,00,00,000 or 230,000,000 rupees.

Very large amounts of money are often written or spoken in terms of lakh crore.

For example, one lakh crore rupees

= ₹1 lakh cr

= Rs1 lakh cr

= Rs1×(2,00,000 × 1,00,00,000)

= Rs10,00,00,00,00,000

= Rs1 trillion (short scale)

= Rs1,000,000,000,000 in Western notation

= 10¹² rupees.

Although lakh is used in Sri Lanka, most Sri Lankans do not use the term crore when referring to money, but they use the word koatiya (කෝටිය) or koti (கோடி) to indicate 100 lakh, or ten million, the same as a crore.

Etymology and regional variants

The word crore is derived from the Prakrit word krodi,^[1] denoting ten million in the Indian numbering system, which has separate terms for most powers of ten from 10⁰ up to 10¹⁹. The crore is known by various regional names in modern languages, all derived from the Sanskrit word कोटि koṭi.

South Asian languages

Assamese: কোটি kûti, কৌটি kouti
Bengali: কোটি koṭi
Hindi: करोड़ kroṛ or karoṛ
Gujarati: કરોડ karoḍ
Kannada: ಕೋಟಿ koṭi
Konkani: कोटि koṭi or करोऱ karoṛ
Malayalam: കോടി koḍi (often written koti)
Marathi: कोटि koṭi, slang = khokā (which in Marathi means a 'huge box'): that is the amount of money in Rs. 100 notes that can fit into a khoka.)
Oriya: କୋଟି koṭi
Pashto: خبری korur
Punjabi: کروڑ - ਕਰੋੜ karoṛ (often written karor)
Sindhi: kiroṛu
Sinhala කෝටිය koṭiya
Tamil: கோடி koṭi
Telugu: కోటీ koṭī
Urdu: کروڑ karoṛ

In other languages

Arabic: الكرور عشرة ملايين al-krūr ('ashra malāyyin)
Burmese: ‹See Tfd›ကုဋေ [ɡədè] (increasingly archaic)
Chinese: 克若爾 or 克若尔 kèruò’ěr; 俱胝 jùzhī in Buddhist texts; 一千萬 or 一千万 yī qiānwàn in ordinary Standard Mandarin
Japanese: クロー kurō (but 千万 senman is normally used)
Latin: crorum / crorem
Persian: خبری khbri
Tagalog: karora (archaic usage; also kotiha or kotiya. Sampúng milyón is normally used)
Thai: โกฏิ kot or kot̩i (from Pali koti, obsolete)

Notes

^ "Oxford English Dictionary". Retrieved 9 February 2011.

References

Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Edition s.v. crore full text of article
Oxford English Dictionary, s.v. crore

[1] "Oxford English Dictionary". Retrieved 9 February 2011.

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-A '''''crore''''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|r|ɔər}}; abbreviated '''cr''') is a unit in the [[South Asian numbering system]] equal to '''[[10000000 (number)|ten million]]''' (10,000,000; [[Scientific notation]]:&nbsp;10<sup>7</sup>), which is written as '''1,00,00,000''', equal to a hundred ''[[lakh]]'' (''lakh'' is written as 1,00,000). It is widely used in [[Indian Subcontinent|Indian Subcontinent: India, Bangladesh, Pakistan]], [[Nepal]] and [[Sri Lanka]].
+A '''''crore''''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|r|ɔər}}; abbreviated '''cr''') is a unit in the [[South Asian numbering system]] equal to '''[[10000000 (number)|ten million]]''' (10,000,000; [[Scientific notation]]:&nbsp;10<sup>7</sup>), which is written as '''1,00,00,000''', equal to a hundred ''[[lakh]]'' (''lakh'' is written as 1,00,000). It is widely used in: India, Bangladesh, Pakistan]], [[Nepal]] and [[Sri Lanka]]. In [[Pakistan]], they do not use South Asian numbering system in [[English language|English]] but only in [[Urdu language|Urdu]] and other [[Languages of Pakistan|regional languages]].
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