No need to invent. There are some fine numerical units in existence. There are terms that are used by special people in certain circumstances (maybe the bigwigs do so too) -- an arab (billion), and then there is the kharab/khrab (hundred billion). This perhaps has to do with the nature of our economy as seen dancing cheek to cheek with the rupaiya. So the numerical thinking is attached to what one is used to -- say the prices of things, onions, hafta, paying fine courtesans, exports, real estate, and so on. Other than that people like the sound of, crore and so just add to it, as in sau karor (billion), do sau karor.
Moving on, for reference: 100Lakhs =1 Crore/karor, 100 Crore/karor =1 Arab, 100 Arab =1 Kharab/khrab, 100 Kharab/khrab =1 Neel, 100 Neel = 1 Padam. Hope this does not make people feel really poor/pobre. The non-Anglicized pronunciation of crore is karor. Another is koti (in Konknni presumably krur, kurud too, and possibly having roots in Persian), and the slang khoka in Mumbai. Oh, if I was only in finance or a hawaldar (as in one who manages hawala). Hhahahahahaha. Let me stop before I dissolve in a puddle. venantius Wendell wrote: Forget about lakhs and > crores. This is beyond crores. Can we please invent a word for a > hundred crores ? We can't insult our politico rockstars by calling > them crorepathis. Their ego sensitive and financially delicate minds > will suffer much damage to stand alongside our Goan wealthy bigwigs.
