षष्
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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)
- ឞឞ៑ (Khmer script)
- ಷಷ್ (Kannada script)
- ຩຩ຺ (Lao script)
- ഷഷ് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘬𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
- ၑၑ် (Burmese script)
- 𑧌𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐲𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଷଷ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢰꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆰𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖬𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
- షష్ (Telugu script)
- ษษฺ (Thai script)
- ཥཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒭𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology[edit]
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 (vecʿ), Tocharian B ṣkas, Old Church Slavonic шесть (šestĭ), Lithuanian šešì, Latin sex, Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx), Old English six (whence English six).
Pronunciation[edit]
Numeral[edit]
60 | ||
← 5 | ६ 6 |
7 → [a], [b] |
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Cardinal: षष् (ṣaṣ) Ordinal: षष्ठ (ṣaṣṭha) |
षष् • (ṣáṣ)
Descendants[edit]
- Ashokan Prakrit: *𑀙 (*cha), 𑀱 (ṣa)
- Prakrit: 𑀙 (cha) (see there for further descendants)
- Dardic:
- Gandhari: 𐨮 (ṣa)
- Pali: cha
References[edit]
- ^ Alexander Lubotsky (2000), “Indo-Aryan 'six'”, in 125 Jahre Indogermanistik in Graz. Arbeiten aus der Abteilung “Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft"[1], Graz: Leykam, pages 255-261
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- Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation
- Sanskrit lemmas
- Sanskrit numerals
- Sanskrit cardinal numbers
- sa:Six