षष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬱᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ষষ্ (Assamese script)
• ষষ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰬𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀱𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌷𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ષષ્ (Gujarati script)
• ꦰꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
• ಷಷ್ (Kannada script)
• ၑၑ္ (Burmese script)
• ଷଷ୍ (Oriya script)
• ꢰꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆰𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖬𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
• షష్ (Telugu script)
• ཥཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒭𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Numeral

Sanskrit numbers ^(edit)

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

षष् • (ṣáṣ)

1. (cardinal) six

Descendants

• Assamese: সয (xoz)
• Bengali: ছয় (chôy)
• Gujarati: છ (cha)
• Hindi: छह (chah)
• Kashmiri: शे (śē)
• Konkani: स
• Marathi: सहा (sahā)
• Marwari: छः (chaḥ)
• Nepali: छ (cha)
• Oriya: ଛଅ (chôô)
• Punjabi: ਛੇ (cḥe)
• Sindhi: छह
• Sinhalese: හය (haya)
• Urdu: چھہ‎