100 In: Punjabi [work]
| Number | Punjabi (Gurmukhi) | Pronunciation | Cultural Weight | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | 10 | ਦਸ | das | Base of decimal system, fingers | | 100 | ਸੌ | sau | | | 1,000 | ਹਜ਼ਾਰ | hazaar | Large number, often financial | | 1,00,000 (lakh) | ਲੱਖ | lakkh | Used for population, money (crore) |
Introduction
The lakh (100,000) and crore (10 million) are more common in large financial contexts due to the South Asian numbering system, but sau remains the fundamental building block of those larger units (1 lakh = 1000 hundreds). 100 in punjabi