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Crore

2 stages from Sanskrit to English.

Today it means ten million, a unit commonly used in South Asian counting
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Stage 1 of 2
koti
Sanskrit · ancient
"ten million"
ten million, a large round number used in South Asian counting
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Stage 2 of 2
crore
English · 1600s
"ten million"
adopted directly through Hindi for the number ten million, widely used in South Asian English
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