شش

شش

See also: سس‎

Baluchi

Etymology

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

Numeral

شش • (šaš)

1. six

Noun

شش • (šaš)

1. six (digit)

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Persian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Iranian *šwáš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *šwáĉš, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Compare Kurdish şeş, Avestan 𐬑𐬴𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬱‎ (χšvaš), Khotanese kṣäṣa̮ (kṣäṣa̮, “six”), Sanskrit षष् (ṣáṣ), Hindi छह (chah), Spanish seis, German sechs, Lithuanian šeši, Russian шесть (šestʹ), Armenian վեց (vecʿ), Greek έξι (éxi).

Alternative forms

Dari Persian	شش‎
Iranian Persian	شش‎
Tajiki Persian	шаш (šaš)

• شیش‎ (šiš) (informal)

Numeral

Persian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : شش     Ordinal : ششم‎

شش • (šeš)

1. six

See also

• ۶‎

Etymology 2

Dari Persian	شش‎
Iranian Persian	شش‎
Tajiki Persian	шуш (šuš)

From Middle Persian swš (suš, “lung”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬎𐬱‎ (suš, “lung”).

Noun

شش • (šoš) (plural شش‌ها‎ (šoš-hâ))

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