شش

See also: سس

Baluchi

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *šwáš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *šwáćš, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Numeral

شش • (šaš)

1. six

Noun

شش • (šaš)

1. six (digit)

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Persian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eʃ

Etymology 1

From Proto-Iranian *šwáš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *šwáćš, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Compare Kurdish, Avestan 𐬑𐬴𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬱 (χšvaš), Khotanese kṣäṣa̮ (“six”), Sanskrit षष् (ṣáṣ), Hindi छह (chah), Spanish seis, German sechs, Lithuanian šeši, Russian шесть (šestʹ), Armenian վեց (vecʻ), Greek έξι (éxi).

Alternative forms

Dari	شش
Iranian Persian
Tajik	шаш

• شیش (šiš) (informal)

Numeral

Persian cardinal numbers

<  ۵	۶	۷  >
Cardinal : شش     Ordinal : ششم

شش • (šeš)

1. six

See also

• ۶

Etymology 2

Dari	شش
Iranian Persian
Tajik	шуш

From Middle Persian swš (suš, “lung”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬎𐬱 (suš, “lung”).

Noun

شش • (šoš) (plural شش‌ها (šoš-hâ))

1. lung

Synonyms

• ریه (riye)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “¹suš”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 78