छह

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Hindi

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    Cardinal: छह (chah)
    Ordinal: छठा (chaṭhā), छठवाँ (chaṭhvā̃)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi षट (ṣaṭa), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀙 (cha), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀙 (*cha), 𑀱 (ṣa), from Sanskrit षष् (ṣáṣ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ṣwáṭṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *šwáćš, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Cognate with Marathi सहा (sahā), Gujarati (cha), Bengali ছয় (choẏ), Assamese ছয় (soy), Punjabi ਛੇ (che), and Nepali (cha).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃʰəɦ/, , /t͡ʃʰɛː/

Numeral

छह (chah) (native script symbol , Urdu spelling چھہ) (cardinal)

  1. six

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