षष्

Sanskrit
Sanskrit numbers (edit)
60
 ←  5 ६
6		 7  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: षष् (ṣaṣ)
    Ordinal: षष्ठ (ṣaṣṭha)

Alternative forms
  • *ष्वष् (ṣvaṣ)[1]
  • षट् (ṣaṭ), षड् (ṣaḍ)

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ষষ্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬱᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • ষষ্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰬𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀱𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • ၑၑ် (Burmese script)
  • ષષ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਸ਼ਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌷𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦰꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂭𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ಷಷ್ (Kannada script)
  • ឞឞ៑ (Khmer script)
  • ຩຩ຺ (Lao script)
  • ഷഷ് (Malayalam script)
  • ᢢᠠᢢ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘬𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᢔᠠᢔ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧌𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐲𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଷଷ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢰꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆰𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖬𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • ෂෂ් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑪀𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚶 (Takri script)
  • ஷஷ் (Tamil script)
  • షష్ (Telugu script)
  • ษษฺ (Thai script)
  • ཥ་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒭𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨯𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ṣwáṭṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *šwáćš, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Cognate with Avestan 𐬑𐬴𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬱 (xṣ̌uuaš), Persian شش (šeš), Old Armenian վեց (vecʻ), Tocharian B ṣkas, Old Church Slavonic шесть (šestĭ), Lithuanian šešì, Latin sex, Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx), Old English six (whence English six).

Pronunciation

Numeral

षष् • (ṣáṣ)

  1. six

Declension
irregular declension
Nom. sg. —
Gen. sg. —
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative — — षट् (ṣaṭ)
Vocative — — षट् (ṣaṭ)
Accusative — — षट् (ṣaṭ)
Instrumental — — षड्भिः (ṣaḍbhiḥ)
Dative — — षड्भ्यः (ṣaḍbhyaḥ)
Ablative — — षड्भ्यः (ṣaḍbhyaḥ)
Genitive — — षण्णाम् (ṣaṇṇām)
Locative — — षट्सु (ṣaṭsu)

Descendants
  • Ashokan Prakrit: *𑀙 (*cha), 𑀱 (ṣa)
    • Prakrit: 𑀙 (cha) (see there for further descendants)
  • Gandhari: 𐨮 (ṣa)
  • Pali: cha

References
  1. Alexander Lubotsky (2000) “Indo-Aryan 'six'”, in 125 Jahre Indogermanistik in Graz. Arbeiten aus der Abteilung “Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft"‎, Graz: Leykam, pages 255-261
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