hetsi

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Malagasy

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay keti, from Sanskrit कोटि (koṭi).[1] Compare English crore.

Pronunciation

Numeral

hètsi

  1. One hundred thousand; a lakh.

References

  1. ^ Alexander Adelaar (2009) “Loanwords in Malagasy”, in Martin Haspelmath, Uri Tadmor, editors, Loanwords in the World's Languages: A Comparative Handbook, De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, page 724.