Talk:Crore

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Shouldn't we write "equals 100 lakhs" as in "100 million" ?

no, 1 lakh = 100 thousand, so 100 lakh = 10 million

[edit] Pronunciation

How is "crore" pronounced? Does it rhyme with "more"? jnestorius^(talk) 01:52, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes, it does sound like "more". --Ragib 01:56, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! jnestorius^(talk) 02:01, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Crore is pronounced as more in its Anglicized form (the same way it's written in English). In its Hindi/Urdu/Hindustani form it's pronounced as kuror where ku- is as mu- in must, ro- as mo- in more and a unique "r" sound which doesn't exist in English and is pronounced by pushing the tongue up beyond the upper gums. 59.178.26.50 09:37, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes, in Oriya the second "r" sound is kind of between an english "r" and an english "d", so english speakers sometimes think that alternately "crode" and "crore" was spoken. This is, apparently, a vexing word to pronounce in american english until you get used to it. The article should also make it's statement more strongly that crore is not just widely used, but nobody ever describes quantities in millions, or at least very rarely (in India, anyway, not sure how widespread in Pak and Bangladesh). Almost always lakh and crore. 65.112.197.16 03:17, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sri Lanka

Note that Sri Lanka does not refer to the term crore when referring to money to terms in millions. Lakh is used quite commonly in Sri Lanka, but not crore.

This sentence is all but unintelligible to me. Does that mean Sri Lanka uses crore in non-monetary contexts? (the first paragraph would imply they do.) Or is it rarely used at all, instead opting for million after lakh? —Wiki Wikardo 17:44, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

It should actually be Sri Lanka does not refer to the term crore, (at least in Sinhalese). They use the word Koti quite commonly. This is now gradually getting less and less used and the words 'Miliyana' for million and 'Biliyana' for billion are more common in use. The word Lakh is for 100,000. --130.194.13.106 04:16, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

So, should the earlier paragraph ("still widely used in Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, and formerly in Iran") be changed to still widely used in Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, and Pakistan, and formerly in Iran and Sri Lanka.? Astronaut (talk) 11:39, 28 April 2008 (UTC)