षष्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

*ष्वष् (ṣvaṣ)[1]
षट् (ṣaṭ), षड् (ṣaḍ)

Alternative scripts

ᬱᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
ষষ্ (Assamese script)
ষষ্ (Bengali script)
𑰬𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀱𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
𑌷𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
ષષ્ (Gujarati script)
ਸ਼ਸ਼ੑ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦰꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
ឞឞ៑ (Khmer script)
ಷಷ್ (Kannada script)
ຩຩ຺ (Lao script)
ഷഷ് (Malayalam script)
𑘬𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
ᢔᠠᢔ (Mongolian script)
ᢢᠠᢢ (Manchu script)
ၑၑ် (Burmese script)
𑧌𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐲𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
ଷଷ୍ (Oriya script)
ꢰꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆰𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖬𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
ෂෂ් (Sinhalese script)
షష్ (Telugu script)
ษษฺ (Thai script)
ཥ་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒭𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ṣwáṭṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *šwáćš, 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 six (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)

six

Descendants

Ashokan Prakrit: *𑀙 (*cha), 𑀱 (ṣa)
- Prakrit: 𑀙 (cha) (see there for further descendants)
Dardic:
- Kashmiri:
  - Arabic: شےٚ‎ (śe)
  - Devanagari: शॆ (śe)
Gandhari: 𐨮‎ (ṣa)
Pali: cha

References

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

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