شش

See also: سس

Baluchi

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *šwáš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *šwáćš, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Numeral

شش • (šaš)

1. six

Noun

شش • (šaš)

1. six (digit)

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Mazanderani

Numeral

شش (šeš)

1. six

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Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (šaš), from Proto-Iranian *šwáš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *šwáćš, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Compare Northern Kurdish şeş, Avestan 𐬑𐬴𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬱 (xṣ̌uuaš), Khotanese kṣäṣa̮ (“six”), Sanskrit षष् (ṣáṣ), Hindi छह (chah), Spanish seis, German sechs, Lithuanian šeši, Russian шесть (šestʹ), Armenian վեց (vecʻ), Greek έξι (éxi).

Alternative forms

Dari	شش
Iranian Persian
Tajik	шаш

• شیش (šiš) (informal)

Pronunciation

Persian numbers ^(edit)

	60
←  5	۶ 6	7  →
Cardinal: شش (šeš)     Ordinal: ششم (šešom)

Readings
Classical reading?	š
Dari reading?	š
Iranian reading?	š
Tajik reading?	š

• Rhymes: -eʃ

Numeral

شش • (šeš) (Persian numeral ۶)

1. six

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (swš /⁠suš⁠/, “lung”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬎𐬱 (suš, “lung”), Pashto سږى (sëģay),Southern Kurdish سۊە (süe /⁠süa⁠/), Northern Kurdish sîh (/⁠sīh⁠/), Gurani سِسی (sisî /⁠sisī⁠/) and Ossetian сос (sos, “hollowed; lung”).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading?	š
Dari reading?	š
Iranian reading?	š
Tajik reading?	š

Noun

شش • (šoš) (plural شش‌ها (šoš-hâ))

Dari	شش
Iranian Persian
Tajik	шуш

1. lung

Synonyms

• ریه (riye)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “¹suš”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 78