# लक्ष
## Konkani
### Noun

लक्ष • (lakṣa) n (Latin script ?, Kannada script ?)
* attention, heed, notice

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* লক্ষ (Assamese script)
* ᬮᬓ᭄ᬱ (Balinese script)
* লক্ষ (Bengali script)
* 𑰩𑰎𑰿𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀱 (Brahmi script)
* လက္ၑ (Burmese script)
* લક્ષ (Gujarati script)
* ਲਕ੍ਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌲𑌕𑍍𑌷 (Grantha script)
* ꦭꦏ꧀ꦰ (Javanese script)
* 𑂪𑂍𑂹𑂭 (Kaithi script)
* ಲಕ್ಷ (Kannada script)
* លក្ឞ (Khmer script)
* ລກ຺ຩ (Lao script)
* ലക്ഷ (Malayalam script)
* ᠯᠠᡬᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘩𑘎𑘿𑘬 (Modi script)
* ᠯᠠᢉᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧉𑦮𑧠𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐮𑐎𑑂𑐲 (Newa script)
* ଲକ୍ଷ (Odia script)
* ꢭꢒ꣄ꢰ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆬𑆑𑇀𑆰 (Sharada script)
* 𑖩𑖎𑖿𑖬 (Siddham script)
* ලක්‍ෂ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩽𑩜 𑪙𑪀 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚥𑚊𑚶 (Takri script)
* லக்ஷ (Tamil script)
* లక్ష (Telugu script)
* ลกฺษ (Thai script)
* ལ་ཀྵ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒪𑒏𑓂𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨬𑨋𑩇𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From the root लक्ष् (lakṣ).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /lɐk.ʂɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /l̪ɐk.ʂɐ/

### Noun

लक्ष • (lakṣá) stem, m or n
* a mark, sign, token; a mark to aim at, target, butt, aim, object, prey, prize
    आकाशे लक्षम्-बन्ध् ― ākāśe lakṣam-bandh ― to fix the gaze vaguely on space, look into space as if at some object barely visible in the distance
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.12.4:येने॒मा विश्वा॒ च्यव॑ना कृ॒तानि॒ यो दासं॒ वर्ण॒मध॑रं॒ गुहाकः॑ । श्व॒घ्नीव॒ यो जि॑गी॒वां ल॒क्षमाद॑द॒र्यः पु॒ष्टानि॒ स ज॑नास॒ इंद्रः॑ ॥yénemā́ víśvā cyávanā kṛtā́ni yó dā́saṃ várṇamádharaṃ gúhā́kaḥ. śvaghnī́va yó jigīvā́ṃ lakṣámā́dadaryáḥ puṣṭā́ni sá janāsa íṃdraḥ.1896 translation by Ralph T. H. GriffithBy whom this universe was made to tremble, who chased away the humbled brood of demons, Who, like a gambler gathering his winnings seized the foe's riches, He, O men, is Indra.
* appearance, show, pretence
* a kind of citron
** Lexicographers, Various Works
* a pearl
** Lexicographers, Various Works

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic

### Adjective

लक्ष • (lakṣá) stem
* a lakh, one hundred thousand
** c. 800 BCE, Yājñavalkya
** c. 300 CE, Harivaṃśa

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* ¹Vedic

#### Descendants

* Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀔 (lakkha)
* Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀔 (lakkha)
** Assamese: লাখ (lakh)
** Bengali: লাখ (lakh)
** Sylheti: ꠟꠣꠈ (laxó)
* Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀔 (lakkha)
** Old Marathi: लख (lakha), लाख (lākha)
*** Marathi: लाख (lākh)
* Pali: lakkha
** → Old Khmer: [script needed] (lakkha)
*** Khmer: លក្ខ (lĕək)
*** → Lao: ລັກຂະ (lak kha)
*** → Thai: หลัก (làk)
* Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀔 (lakkha)
** Gujarati: લાખ (lākh)
** Saurashtra: ꢭꢾꢒ꣄ꢒꢸ (lekku), ꢭꢴꢾꢒ꣄ꢒꢸ
** Hindi: लाख (lākh)/Urdu: لاکھ (lākh)
*** → English: lakh, lac
*** → Pashto: لک (lak)
*** → Persian: لک (lak)
*** → Swahili: laki
** Nepali: लाख (lākh)
** Punjabi: ਲੱਖ (lakkha)/Punjabi: لکّھ (lakkha)
** Sindhi: لَڪُ (lakhu)
* → Kannada: ಲಕ್ಷ (lakṣa), ಲಕ್ಕ (lakka)
* → Middle Chinese: 洛叉 (MC lak tsrhea|tsrhae)
** Chinese: 洛叉 (luòchā)
** Japanese: 洛叉 (らくしゃ, rakusha)
* → Old Javanese: [script needed] (lakṣa)
** Javanese: ꦊꦏ꧀ꦱ (leksa)
** → Balinese: ᬮᬓ᭄ᬱ (lakṣa)
* → Old Malay: [script needed] (laksa)
** Classical Malay: لقسا (laksa)
*** Malay: laksa
**** Indonesian: laksa
*** → Cebuano: laksa
*** → Hiligaynon: láksà
*** → Ilocano: laksa
*** → Maranao: laksa'
*** → Maguindanao: laksa
*** → Tagalog: laksa
*** → Yami: laksa
*** → West Coast Bajau: laksa'
* → Old Mon:
** → Mon: လက်
* → Old Tamil:
** Tamil: லட்சம் (laṭcam), லக்ஷம் (lakṣam), இலட்சம் (ilaṭcam)
* → Sinhalese: ලක්ෂය (lakṣaya)
* → Telugu: లక్ష (lakṣa)
* → Malayalam: ലക്ഷം (lakṣaṁ)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “लक्ष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0891.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “lakṣá”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 472