छ

छ U+091B, छ DEVANAGARI LETTER CHA ← च [U+091A] Devanagari ज → [U+091C]

Translingual

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰə/, /t͡ʃʰə/, /t͡sʰə/

Letter

छ (ch)

1. A letter of the Devanagari alphabet representing a heavily aspirated consonant, ch /tʃʰ/

See also

• (Devanagari script consonants) क,‎ ख,‎ ग,‎ घ,‎ ङ,‎ च,‎ छ,‎ ज,‎ झ,‎ ञ,‎ ट,‎ ठ,‎ ड,‎ ढ,‎ ण,‎ त,‎ थ,‎ द,‎ ध,‎ न,‎ प,‎ फ,‎ ब,‎ भ,‎ म,‎ य,‎ र,‎ ल,‎ व,‎ श,‎ ष,‎ स,‎ ह,‎ ॸ,‎ त्र,‎ ज्ञ,‎ क्ष,‎ क़,‎ ख़,‎ ग़,‎ ज़,‎ ॹ,‎ झ़,‎ ड़,‎ ढ़,‎ ष़,‎ य़,‎ ॺ,‎ ऴ,‎ ॻ,‎ ॼ,‎ ॾ,‎ ॿ ^{(Category: Translingual letters) [edit]}

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Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰə/, [t͡ʃʰɐ]

Letter

छ • (cha)

1. the seventh consonant in Hindi

See also

• (Devanagari script letters) अ,‎ आ,‎ इ,‎ ई,‎ उ,‎ ऊ,‎ ऋ,‎ ए,‎ ऐ,‎ ओ,‎ औ,‎ अं,‎ अः,‎ अँ,‎ क,‎ ख,‎ ग,‎ घ,‎ ङ,‎ च,‎ छ,‎ ज,‎ झ,‎ ञ,‎ ट,‎ ठ,‎ ड,‎ ढ,‎ ण,‎ त,‎ थ,‎ द,‎ ध,‎ न,‎ प,‎ फ,‎ ब,‎ भ,‎ म,‎ य,‎ र,‎ ल,‎ व,‎ श,‎ ष,‎ स,‎ ह,‎ त्र,‎ ज्ञ,‎ क्ष,‎ क़,‎ ख़,‎ ग़,‎ ज़,‎ झ़,‎ ड़,‎ ढ़,‎ फ़ ^{(Category: Hindi letters) [edit]}

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Kullu Pahari

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [c͡çʰ]

Letter

छ (ch)

1. Used to represent the [c͡çʰ] sound in Kullui. [1]

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Marathi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰə/

• Audio:

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Letter

छ • (cha)

1. The sixth consonant in Marathi.

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Nepali

Nepali numbers ^(edit)

	60
←  5	६ 6	7  →
Cardinal: छ (cha)     Ordinal: छैटौँ (chaiṭa͠u)     Multiplier: छगुना (chagunā)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sʰʌ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: छ

Letter

छ • (cha)

1. the seventh consonant in Nepali

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit षष् (ṣaṣ), cognate with Hindi छह (chah).

Numeral

छ • (cha)

1. six

Etymology 3

Verb

छ • (cha)

1. third-person singular low-respect defining present of हुनु (hunu)

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Newar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰə]

Numeral

छ • (cha)

1. one

Alternative forms

• छि (chi)

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• cha (Latin script)
• 𑀙 (Brahmi script)
• ছ (Bengali script)
• ඡ (Sinhalese script)
• ဆ or ꧡ (Burmese script)
• ฉ or ฉะ (Thai script)
• ᨨ (Tai Tham script)
• ຉ or ຉະ (Lao script)
• ឆ (Khmer script)
• 𑄍 (Chakma script)

Numeral

छ (cha)

1. Devanagari script form of cha (“six”)
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[2], page 250; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     अथ सब्बासं विभत्तीनं यानि यानि पुब्बानि छ पदानि तानि तानि परस्सपदसञ्ञानि होन्ति।

     Atha sabbāsaṃ vibhattīnaṃ yāni yāni pubbāni cha padāni, tāni tāni parassapadasaññāni honti.

     Then whatever are the first six endings of all the endings, they are called the active endings.

Declension

Optionally indeclinable.

Declension table of "छ"

Case \ Number	Plural
Nominative (first)	छ (cha)
Accusative (second)	छ (cha)
Instrumental (third)	छहि (chahi)
Dative (fourth)	छन्नं (channaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	छहि (chahi)
Genitive (sixth)	छन्नं (channaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	छसु (chasu)

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Prakrit

Numeral

छ (cha) (cardinal number)

1. Devanagari script form of 𑀙

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Sherpa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sha/

Letter

छ (tsha)

1. Used to represent the [t͡sʰ] sound in Sherpa. [3]