'Lakh' is a word borrowed from Hindi 'lakh'. The word entered the English language some time around 1599.
lakh [noun] [1599]
- one hundred thousand
- a great number
See 'lakh' on the Loan Words Map
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Etymology: Hindi & Urdu 'lākh'
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