lakh

[lak]
noun
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lakh or lac (lɑːk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
(in India and Pakistan) the number 100 000, esp when referring to this sum of rupees
 
[C17: from Hindi lākh, ultimately from Sanskrit lakshā a sign]
 
lac or lac
 
n
 
[C17: from Hindi lākh, ultimately from Sanskrit lakshā a sign]

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Lakh is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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According to some modest estimates, some six lakhs people lost their lives and some fourteen lakh had lost their homes.
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