𑀙
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Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- cha (Latin script)
- छ (Devanagari script)
- ছ (Bengali script)
- ඡ (Sinhalese script)
- ဆ or ꧡ (Burmese script)
- ฉ or ฉะ (Thai script)
- ᨨ (Tai Tham script)
- ຉ or ຉະ (Lao script)
- ឆ (Khmer script)
- 𑄍 (Chakma script)
Numeral
𑀙 (cha)
- Brahmi script form of cha (“six”)
Declension
Optionally indeclinable.
Declension table of "𑀙"
Case \\ Number | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | 𑀙 (cha) |
Accusative (second) | 𑀙 (cha) |
Instrumental (third) | 𑀙𑀳𑀺 (chahi) |
Dative (fourth) | 𑀙𑀦𑁆𑀦𑀁 (channaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | 𑀙𑀳𑀺 (chahi) |
Genitive (sixth) | 𑀙𑀦𑁆𑀦𑀁 (channaṃ) |
Locative (seventh) | 𑀙𑀲𑀼 (chasu) |
Prakrit
Etymology
PIE word |
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*swéḱs |
Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀙 (*cha), 𑀱 (ṣa), from Sanskrit 𑀱𑁆𑀯𑀱𑁆 (*ṣváṣ), 𑀱𑀱𑁆 (ṣáṣ).
Numeral
𑀙 (cha) (Devanagari छ, Kannada ಛ) (Ardhamagadhi, Maharastri)(cardinal number)
- six
Descendants
- Central:
- Shauraseni Prakrit:
- Domaaki:
- Old Gujarati: छ (cha)
- Gujarati: છ (cha)
- Marwari: छः (chaḥ)
- Old Hindi: षट (ṣaṭa)
- Hindustani: chah
- Hindi: छह
- Urdu: چھہ
- Hindustani: chah
- Romani: śov, shov; šov
- Kalo Finnish Romani: ȟou
- Shauraseni Prakrit:
- Dardic:
- Dameli: ṣō
- Kalami: [script needed] (ṣuə), [script needed] (ṣɔ)
- Indus Kohistani: [script needed] (šōh), [script needed] (ṣō)
- Kalasha: [script needed] (ṣɔ)
- Kashmiri:
- Grangali: ṣō
- Phalura: ݜوۡ (ṣʷo), ݜو (ṣo), ݜوھ (ṣoʰ)
- Savi: [script needed] (ṣōᵘ), [script needed] (ṣū)
- Shina: ݜ (ṣa), [script needed] (ṣua)
- Kohistani Shina: ݜوا (ṣvā)
- Shumashti: [script needed] (ṣọo)
- Tirahi: [script needed] (xᵘọ̈̄)
- Torwali: [script needed] (ṣōᵘ)
- Wotapuri-Katarqalai: [script needed] (šō)
- Gawar-Bati: ݭو (ṣᵘō)
- Eastern:
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- Assamese: ছয় (soy)
- Bihari:
- Maithili: chaō
- Devanagari: छओ
- Tirhuta: 𑒕𑒍
- Fiji Hindi: chhe
- Maithili: chaō
- Bishnupriya Manipuri: ছয়
- Middle Bengali: ছ (cha)
- Bengali: ছয় (chôyô)
- Oriya: ଛଅ (chôô)
- Rohingya: só
- Sylheti: ꠍꠄ (sóe)
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- Northern:
- Nepali: छ (cha)
- Western Pahari:
- Bhadrawahi: śāh
- Arabic: شاح
- Devanagari: शाह
- Bhadrawahi: śāh
- Southern:
- Elu Prakrit:
- Dhivehi: ސަ (sa), ހަ (ha)
- Sinhalese: හය (haya)
- Maharashtri Prakrit:
- Konkani: sa
- Devanagari: स
- Kannada: ಸ
- Latin: so, sov
- Old Marathi: sā, sāhā
- Devanagari: सा, साहा
- Modi: 𑘭𑘰, 𑘭𑘰𑘮𑘰
- Marathi: सहा (sahā)
- Konkani: sa
- Elu Prakrit:
- Western:
- Old Punjabi: ਛਿਅ (chia), ਖਟੁ (khaṭu)
- Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi: ਛੇ (che)
- Shahmukhi: چھ (ch)
- Punjabi:
- Sindhi:
- Arabic: ڇَھَہ
- Devanagari: छह
- Old Punjabi: ਛਿਅ (chia), ਖਟੁ (khaṭu)
- → Proto-Nuristani:
- Kamkata-viri: [script needed] (ṣū)
- Waigali: [script needed] (ṣū)
- Prasuni: uṣū, wuṣu
Further reading
- Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928), “छ”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; lit. Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
- Pischel, Richard; Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 317.
- Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 11.
- Sen, Sukumar (1960) A Comparative Grammar of Middle Indo-Aryan, Linguistic Society of India, page 134.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ṣáṣ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 743