دس لاکھ
das lākheveryday, Pakistan
Pakistanis count in lakhs and crores, so one million is دس لاکھ (das lākh), "ten lakh". The English word is also borrowed as ملین (milyan).
Meaning: one thousand thousand (numeral)
Ways to say it
| Pakistan | Romanization | Note |
|---|---|---|
| دس لاکھ | das lākh | everyday, Pakistan |
| ملین | milyan | English loan, finance |
A لاکھ (lākh) is 100,000, and a کروڑ (karoṛ) is 10 million. So 10 million is ایک کروڑ (ek karoṛ), and 5 million is پچاس لاکھ (pachās lākh).
Which one should you use?
In daily life and newspapers, لاکھ (lākh) and کروڑ (karoṛ) are preferred. ملین (milyan) appears in international reports and in the speech of bankers and journalists.
Did you know?
- The South Asian number system groups digits as 10,00,000 for one million, which is why لاکھ (lākh) and کروڑ (karoṛ) fit so naturally.
Examples in context
- اس گھر کی قیمت دس لاکھ روپے ہےis ghar kī qīmat das lākh rupay haiThe price of this house is one million rupees
- شہر کی آبادی پچاس لاکھ ہےshahr kī ābādī pachās lākh haiThe city has five million people
Example conversation
Two brothers, Farhan and Junaid, discuss the price of a plot in Islamabad.
- Farhanاس پلاٹ کی قیمت کیا ہے؟is plāṭ kī qīmat kyā hai?What is the price of this plot?
- Junaidدس لاکھ روپے مانگ رہے ہیں۔das lākh rupay māng rahe haiñ.They are asking one million rupees.
- Farhanیہ تو بہت زیادہ ہے۔yeh to bohat zyādah hai.That is a lot.
