شش

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See also: سس

Baluchi

Etymology

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

Numeral

شش • (šaš)

six

Noun

شش • (šaš)

six (digit)

Brahui

**Brahui numbers ^(edit)**
← 5	6	7 →
Cardinal: شش

Etymology

Borrowed from Baluchi (šaš).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃaʃ/

Numeral

شش (šaš)

six, 6

Mazanderani

Numeral

شش (šeš)

six

Persian

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms


Iranian Persian	شش
Dari	شش
Tajik	шаш

شیش (šiš) (informal)

Pronunciation

**Persian numbers ^(edit)**
	60
← 5	۶ 6	7 →
Cardinal: شش (šeš) Ordinal: ششم (šešom)

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key):

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key):
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Readings
Classical reading^?	šaš
Dari reading^?	šaš
Iranian reading^?	šeš
Tajik reading^?	šaš

Rhymes: -eʃ

Numeral

شش • (šeš) (Persian numeral ۶)

six

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian (swš /⁠suš⁠/, “lung”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬎𐬱 (suš, “lung”), Pashto سږى (sëģay),Southern Kurdish سۊە (süe /⁠süa⁠/), Northern Kurdish sîh (/⁠sīh⁠/), Gurani سِسی (sisî /⁠sisī⁠/) and Ossetian сос (sos, “hollowed; lung”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key):

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(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key):

Readings
Classical reading^?	šuš
Dari reading^?	šuš
Iranian reading^?	šoš
Tajik reading^?	šuš

Noun

شش • (šoš) (plural شش‌ها (šoš-hâ))


Iranian Persian	شش
Dari	شش
Tajik	шуш

lung
Synonym: ریه (riye)

References

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “¹suš”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 78

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