لک

Persian

Etymology 1

From Hindustani लाख / لاکھ‎ (lākh), from Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /lak/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /lak/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /læk/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /lak/

Numeral

لک • (lak) (Persian numeral ۱ ۰ ۰ ۰ ۰ ۰‎)

(India) lakh; one hundred thousand
- 1705, Guru Gobind Singh, “verse 19—20”, in ظفرنامه [Zafarnama]:
  ‏گرسنه چه کاری کند چهل نر
  که ده لک برآید بر او بی خبر
  که پیمان شکست بی درنگ آمدند
  میان تیغ و تیر و تفنگ آمدند‎
  gorosne če kâri konad čehel nar, ke dah lak bar-âyad bar u bi-xabar, ke peymân-šekast bi-derang âmadand, miyân-e tiğ o tir o tofang âmadand
  What can forty famished men do / When ten lakh fall upon them without warning? / For they came suddenly, breaking the oath; / They came in the midst of blades and arrows and guns.

Etymology 2

From Arabic لك‎ (“to you; for you”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /laka/

(Dari): IPA^(key): /laka/

(Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /læke/
(Tajik): IPA^(key): /laka/

Adverb

لک • (laka)

to you; for you

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