A crore (abbreviated cr) denotes ten million (10,000,000 or 107 in scientific notation) and is equal to 100 lakh in the Indian numbering system. It is written as 1,00,00,000 with the local 2,2,3 style of digit group separators. A lakh (abbreviated L; sometimes written lac) is a unit in the Indian numbering system equal to one hundred thousand. In the Indian 2,2,3 convention of digit grouping, it is written as 1,00,000. They are widely used both in official and other contexts in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. It is often used in Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani, and Sri Lankan English.
Large amounts of money in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan are often written in terms of Koti or crore. For example (one hundred and fifty million) is written as "fifteen crore rupees", "15 crore" or "₹15 crore". In the abbreviated form, usage such as "₹15 cr" (for "15 crore rupees") is common. Trillions (in the short scale) of money are often written or spoken of in terms of lakh crore. For example, one trillion rupees is equivalent to one lakh crore rupees.
The word crore derives from the Prakrit word kroḍi, which in turn comes from the Sanskrit koṭi (कोटि), denoting ten million in the Indian numbering system.
The modern word lakh derives from Sanskrit: लक्ष, romanized: lakṣa, originally denoting "mark, target, stake in gambling", but also used as the numeral for "100,000" in Gupta-era Classical Sanskrit. Another possible etymology comes from the root word for the lac bug, used to produce shellac. Presumably from the large number of insects that swarm on host trees, up to 150 per square inch (23/cm2).
Bonus South Asian fun fact : Lal Salam (transl. "Red salute") is a salute, greeting, or code word used by communists in South Asia. The word lal means "red" in Hindustani; salam means "greeting" and is an Arabic word for a greeting.
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The closest America ever came to being based was when it liberated Dachau and the soldiers involved were so horrified that they just fucking mowed down the camp guards.
They saw fascism laid bare in all its hideousness, and they knew what to do.
think I bricked TheSpectreOfGay's 3ds
right after she found a shiny xerneas too :che-smile:
i got a pretty veil today, it's pretty :comfy:
i wish i could wear it out but like much of my accessories i think i would get strange looks . i mean i already get those. but more.
:not-a-journalist: "Guaido, you're not a president, you know this." :guaido-despair:
It’s funnier to let him roam around Venezuela, randomly getting harassed every day
Crystal Castles "TRANSGENDER"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgKdyHcZJcs
That's what we call a "good problem" comrade. Congrats on finding someone who excites you!
You better be talking about building communism or anarchism, whatever your tendency is :volcel-judge:
She’s not focused in on a tendency but she’s actually super based for someone just vibing through the political reality of America. She has like super good opinions and take for no real study or political education
Also I would never violate my volcel pledge :07:
think i bricked my 3ds
right after finding a shiny xerneas too :agony-shivering:
edit: i fixed it
I wish gods were real.
There should be a tech support god you can leave a Mt. Dew and a pizza out overnight and your tech shit is fixed.
god is dead and that's ok bc i can fix everything myself bc im super cool
The universal language is music. But soon it'll be Mandarin. :inshallah-script:
Holy shit Bill Burr on podcast ep 7-18-22: "if someone is called a socialist or communist it means they're trying to help out regular people", goes on about Bernie Sanders, and how dems & repubs only work for the wealthy.
And then how the wars in the middle east were all about keeping the US petrodollar hegemony, and "the real enemies of the world (rich folks) are still in power".
And as I'm typing this he's reading a listener's letter about bourgeois overproduction!
See also: the :hexbear-retro: post
I believe in slur reclamation. Mainly because I think it's funny to put The Straights(tm) on blast when they start bitching about how 'they can't say it too'.