षष्

Sanskrit

Sanskrit numbers ^(edit)

	60
←  5	६ 6	7  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: षष् (ṣaṣ)     Ordinal: षष्ठ (ṣaṣṭha)

Alternative forms

• *ष्वष् (ṣvaṣ)
• षट् (ṣaṭ), षड् (ṣaḍ)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ষষ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬱᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ষষ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰬𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀱𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ၑၑ် (Burmese script)
• ષષ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌷𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦰꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂭𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಷಷ್ (Kannada script)
• ឞឞ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຩຩ຺ (Lao script)
• ഷഷ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢢᠠᢢ (Manchu script)
• 𑘬𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢔᠠᢔ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧌𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐲𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଷଷ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢰꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆰𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖬𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ෂෂ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪀𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஷஷ் (Tamil script)
• షష్ (Telugu script)
• ษษฺ (Thai script)
• ཥ་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒭𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨯𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ṣwáṭṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *šwáćš, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Cognate with Avestan 𐬑𐬴𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬱 (xṣ̌uuaš), Persian شش (šeš), Old Armenian վեց (vecʻ), Tocharian B ṣkas, Old Church Slavonic шесть (šestĭ), Lithuanian šešì, Latin sex, Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx), Old English six (whence English six).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʂɐ́ʂ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ʂɐʂ/

Numeral

षष् • (ṣáṣ)

1. six

Declension

irregular declension
Nom. sg.	—
Gen. sg.	—
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	—	—	षट् (ṣaṭ)
Vocative	—	—	षट् (ṣaṭ)
Accusative	—	—	षट् (ṣaṭ)
Instrumental	—	—	षड्भिः (ṣaḍbhiḥ)
Dative	—	—	षड्भ्यः (ṣaḍbhyaḥ)
Ablative	—	—	षड्भ्यः (ṣaḍbhyaḥ)
Genitive	—	—	षण्णाम् (ṣaṇṇām)
Locative	—	—	षट्सु (ṣaṭsu)

Descendants

• Ashokan Prakrit: *𑀙 (*cha), 𑀱 (ṣa)
  • Prakrit: 𑀙 (cha) (see there for further descendants)
• Gandhari: 𐨮 (ṣa)
• Pali: cha