English word lake comes from Pali lakkha, Sanskrit लक्ष्, Sanskrit लाक्षा, Sanskrit लक्षं, and later Hindi लाख (One hundred thousand, lakh, lac.)
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| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| lakkha | Pali (pli) | |
| लक्ष् | Sanskrit (san) | |
| लाक्षा | Sanskrit (san) | (plant) a species of plant. A kind of red dye, lac (obtained from the cochineal or a similar insect as well as from the resin of a particular tree). The insect or animal which produces the red dye. |
| लक्षं | Sanskrit (san) | |
| लक्ष | Sanskrit (san) | A kind of citron L.. A pearl L.. Appearance, show, pretence (cf. -सुप्त). Or n. (prob. fr. √ लग् as ‘that which is attached or fixed’) a mark, sign, token, (esp.) a mark to aim at, target, butt, aim, object, prey, prize RV. ii, 12, 4, &c. &c. (cf. लब्ध-ल्° ; आकाशे लक्षम्-√बन्ध्, to fix the gaze vaguely on space, look into space as if at some object barely visible in the distance Ṡak. ; cf. [...] |
| लाख | Hindi (hin) | One hundred thousand, lakh, lac. |
| لاک | Persian (fas) | |
| laque | French (fra) | Lacquer. |
| lake | English (eng) | To make lake-red. In dyeing and painting, an often fugitive crimson or vermillion pigment derived from an organic colorant (cochineal or madder, for example) and an inorganic, generally metallic mordant. |