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crore

nounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//kɹɔː//
  • United States//kɹoɹ//
  • //kɹo(ː)ɹ//
  • //kɹoə//

ten million (10⁷): 10,000,000, that is, with Indian digit grouping, 1,00,00,000.

noun

  1. 1

    ten million (10⁷): 10,000,000, that is, with Indian digit grouping, 1,00,00,000.

    Meronym: lakh

    The population of Gujarat is 3.39 crores.

    The state estimates that the construction project will cost about two crores.

    Following the ban, the government stands to lose ₹30 crore annually, sources said.

Etymology

Etymology tree Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑁄𑀟𑀺 (koḍi)bor. Hindi करोड़ (karoṛ)bor. Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑁄𑀟𑀺 (koḍi) Urdu کروڑbor. English crore Borrowed from Hindustani करोड़ / کروڑ (karoṛ).

Forms

plural
crores
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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