ލައްކަ

Dhivehi

Alternative forms

  • ލަކްޝަ (lak̊ša)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Pali lakkha, from Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ləkːə/, [ləkːə]

Numeral

ލައްކަ • (lakka)[2][3]

  1. one hundred thousand; lakh

Further reading

More information
  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lakṣá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 629: “Md. lakka (← Ind.)”
  2. ^ Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ލައްކަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 155
  3. ^ Reynolds, Christopher Hanby Baillie (2003) “ލައްކަ”, in A Maldivian Dictionary, 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE: RoutledgeCurzon, page 323
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