दस लाख
das lākhIndian number system
In Hindi a million is दस लाख (das lākh), "ten lakh". India counts in lakhs and crores, so मिलियन (miliyan) is used mostly in business and news that follow international figures.
Meaning: the number 1,000,000 (noun)
Ways to say it
| Indian | Romanization | Note |
|---|---|---|
| दस लाख | das lākh | Indian number system |
| मिलियन | miliyan | borrowed from English |
A lakh, लाख (lākh), is 100,000, so दस लाख (das lākh) is 1,000,000. Ten million is एक करोड़ (ek karoṛ), one crore.
Is it said differently in some regions?
Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and other languages of India use different words.
How does it change in a sentence?
Numbers go before the noun, as in दस लाख रुपये (das lākh rupaye), a million rupees.
Did you know?
- Indian digit grouping puts the first comma after three digits and then every two, so a million is written 10,00,000.
Examples in context
- उसके पास दस लाख रुपये हैं।uske pās das lākh rupaye haiṃ.He has a million rupees.
- शहर की आबादी बीस लाख है।shahar kī ābādī bīs lākh hai.The city has two million people.
- इस वीडियो को एक मिलियन लोगों ने देखा।is vīḍiyo ko ek miliyan logoṃ ne dekhā.One million people watched this video.
Example conversation
Two friends, Amit and Sana, talk about the price of a flat in Pune.
- Amitइस फ़्लैट की कीमत कितनी है?is flaiṭ kī kīmat kitnī hai?What is the price of this flat?
- Sanaकरीब साठ लाख रुपये।karīb sāṭh lākh rupaye.About six million rupees.
- Amitयानी छह मिलियन। यह बहुत महँगा है।yānī chhah miliyan. yah bahut mahaṅgā hai.So six million. That is very expensive.
