لکھ

Punjabi

Etymology 1

Verb

لِکھ • (likh)

  1. inflection of لِکھݨا (likhṇā):
    1. stem
    2. second-person singular familiar imperative

Etymology 2

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀔 (lakkha), from Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣá).

Numeral

Western Panjabi numbers (edit)
 ←  100  ←  1,000 ۱,۰۰,۰۰۰
100,000 		1,000,000 (106)  →  10,000,000 (107)  → 
    Cardinal: لَکّھ (lakkh)
    Ordinal: لَکّھواں (lakkhoāṉ)
    Multiplier: لَکّھ گُݨا (lakkh guṇā)

لَکّھ • (lakkh) (Gurmukhi spelling ਲੱਖ)

  1. one hundred thousand; a lakh, lac

Adjective

لَکّھ • (lakkh) (indeclinable, Gurmukhi spelling ਲੱਖ)

  1. (figurative) countless
  2. (in compounds, figurative) priceless

Noun

لَکّھ • (lakkh) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਲੱਖ)

  1. a one hundred thousand, a lakh
  2. (figurative, usually in the plural) a large number; thousand; million
Declension
Declension of لکھ
singular plural
direct لَکّھ (lakkh) لَکّھ (lakkh)
oblique لَکّھ (lakkh) لَکّھاں (lakkhāṉ)
vocative لَکّھا (lakkhā) لَکّھو (lakkho)
ablative لَکّھوں (lakkhoṉ) لَکّھاں (lakkhāṉ)
locative لَکّھے (lakkhe) لَکّھِیں (lakkhīṉ)
instrumental لَکّھوں (lakkhoṉ) –

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “لکھ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “لکھ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
  • “ਲੱਖ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lakṣá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 629
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