षष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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)
ಷಷ್ (Kannada script)
ၑၑ္ (Burmese script)
ଷଷ୍ (Oriya script)
ꢰꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆰𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖬𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
షష్ (Telugu script)
ཥཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒭𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ṣwáṭṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *šwaĉš, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Cognate with Avestan 𐬑𐬴𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬱‎ (xṣ̌uuaš), 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 (whence 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) Ordinal: षष्ठ (ṣaṣṭha)

षष् • (ṣáṣ)

(cardinal) six

Descendants

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

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