षष्

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit numbers (edit)
60
 ←  5 ६
6 		7  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: षष् (ṣaṣ)
    Ordinal: षष्ठ (ṣaṣṭha)

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ṣwáṭṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *šwáćš, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Cognate with Avestan 𐬑𐬴𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬱 (xṣ̌uuaš), Persian شش (šeš), Old Armenian վեց (vecʻ), Tocharian B ṣkas, Old Church Slavonic шесть (šestĭ), Lithuanian šešì, Latin sex, Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx), Old English six (whence English six).

Pronunciation

Numeral

षष् • (ṣáṣ)[2]

  1. six

Declension

Irregular declension of षष् (ṣáṣ)
Plural
Nominative षट् (ṣáṭ)
Vocative षट् (ṣáṭ)
Accusative षट् (ṣáṭ)
Instrumental षड्भिः (ṣaḍbhíḥ)
Dative षड्भ्यः (ṣaḍbhyáḥ)
Ablative षड्भ्यः (ṣaḍbhyáḥ)
Genitive षण्णाम् (ṣaṇṇā́m)
Locative षट्सु (ṣaṭsú)

Descendants

  • Ashokan Prakrit: *𑀙 (*cha), 𑀱 (ṣa)
    • Prakrit: 𑀙 (cha) (see there for further descendants)
  • Gandhari: 𐨮 (ṣa)
  • Pali: cha

References

  1. ^ Alexander Lubotsky (2000) “Indo-Aryan 'six'”, in 125 Jahre Indogermanistik in Graz. Arbeiten aus der Abteilung “Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft"‎, Graz: Leykam, pages 255-261
  2. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “षष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1108, column 1.
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