षष्

Sanskrit

Etymology

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

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

Numeral

**Sanskrit numbers (edit)**
	60
← 5	६ 6	7 → ^{[a], [b]}
Cardinal: षष् (ṣaṣ)

षष् • (ṣáṣ)

(cardinal) six

Descendants

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

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