छह

Hindi

Hindi numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: छह (chah)     Ordinal: छठा (chaṭhā), छठवाँ (chaṭhvā̃), षष्ठ (ṣaṣṭh)     Multiplier: छहगुना (chahgunā)     Collective: छओं (chaõ)

Alternative forms

• छः (chaḥ), छै (chai)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi षट (ṣaṭa), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀙 (cha), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀙 (*cha), 𑀱 (ṣa), from Sanskrit षष् (ṣáṣ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ṣwáṭṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *šwáćš, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Cognate with Marathi सहा (sahā), Gujarati છ (cha), Bengali ছয় (choẏ), Assamese ছয় (soy), Punjabi ਛੇ (che), and Nepali छ (cha).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰəɦ/, [t͡ʃʰɛʱ], /t͡ʃʰɛː/

Numeral

छह • (chah) (native script symbol ६, Urdu spelling چھہ) (cardinal)

1. six

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ṣáṣ-”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press