षष्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Compare Avestan 𐬑𐬴𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬱‏ (χšvaš), 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 (English six).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʂɐʂ/

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

Numeral

cardinal number
6
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षष् • (ṣáṣ)

1. (cardinal) six

Descendants

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