Editing Lakh (section)

==Etymology and regional variants==
The modern word ''lakh'' derives from {{langx|sa|लक्ष|translit=lakṣa}}, originally denoting "mark, target, stake in gambling", but also used as the numeral for "100,000" in [[Gupta Empire|Gupta-era]] Classical Sanskrit (''[[Yājñavalkya Smṛti]]'', ''[[Harivaṃśa]]'').<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?p.3:88.soas |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121215010456/http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?p.3:88.soas |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 December 2012 |title=lakṣá10881 |access-date=22 August 2010 |author-last=Turner |author-first=Sir Ralph Lilley |author-link=Ralph Lilley Turner |year=1985 |work="lakṣhá 10881" in: A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages. London: Oxford University Press, 1962-1966. Includes three supplements, published 1969–1985 |publisher=Digital South Asia Library, a project of the Center for Research Libraries and the University of Chicago |page=629 |quote= lakṣh masculine "stake, prize" R̥igved, "mark, sign" Mahābhārat, "100,000"  Yājñavalkya, "aim" Kālidās<!--, lakṣhya— neuter, masculine ʻ aim ʼ Muṇḍ Upaniṣhad, ʻ prize ʼ Mahābhārat, ʻ 100,000 ʼ Mahābhārat,  [√lakṣ. For derivation from root to become numeral, see Addenda: Pali lakkha— masculine ʻ mark, target, stake in gambling ʼ; Oṛiyā lākha, nākha ʻ aim, distinguishing mark ʼ, lācha ʻ brand ʼ; Gujarātī lāchɔ masculine ʻ burning the feet ʼ; Marāṭhī lās masculine ʻ mark made by cautery ʼ, neuter.-->] }}</ref>
; By language
* [[Assamese language|Assamese]]: {{lang|as|লক্ষ}} ''lokhyo'', or {{lang|as|লাখ}} ''lakh''
* [[Bengali language|Bengali]]: natively ([[tadbhava]]) known as {{lang|bn|লাখ}} ''lākh'', though some use the [[Tatsama|ardha-tatsama]] {{lang|bn|লক্ষ}} ''lokkho''.
* [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]]: 𑂪𑂰𑂎 ''lākh''
* [[Hindi language|Hindi]]: {{Lang|he|लाख}} ''lākh'' 
* [[Maldivian language|Dhivehi]]: {{Lang|dv|ލައްކަ}} ''lakka''
* [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]: {{lang|gu|લાખ}} ''lākh''
* [[Kannada language|Kannada]]: {{lang|kn|ಲಕ್ಷ}} ''lakṣha''
* [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]]: {{lang|ks|{{nastaliq|لَچھ}}}} ''lachh''
* [[Khasi language|Khasi]]: {{Lang|kha|lak}}
* [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]: {{Lang|ml|ലക്ഷം}} ''laksham''
* [[Marathi language|Marathi]]: {{Lang|mr|लाख/लक्ष}} ''lākh/laksha''
* [[Meitei language|Meitei]]: ꯂꯥꯛ ''lāk''
* [[Nepali language|Nepali]]: {{Lang|ne|लाख}} ''lākh''
* [[Odia language|Odia]]: {{lang|or|ଲକ୍ଷ}} ''låkhyå''
* [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]: ([[Shahmukhi]]: {{lang|pa|{{nastaliq|لکھ}}}}, [[Gurmukhi]]: {{lang|pa|ਲੱਖ}}) ''lakkh''
* [[Sinhala language|Sinhala]]: {{lang|si|ලක්ෂ}} {{transliteration|si|lakṣa}}
* [[Tamil language|Tamil]]: {{Lang|ta|இலட்சம்}} ''latcham''
* [[Telugu language|Telugu]]: {{Lang|te|లక్ష}} ''laksha''
* [[Urdu language|Urdu]]: {{lang|ur|{{nastaliq|لاکھ}}}} ''lākh''