شش
Baluchi edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Iranian *šwáš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *šwáćš, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.
Numeral edit
شش • (šaš)
Noun edit
شش • (šaš)
- six (digit)
Brahui edit
← 5 | 6 | 7 → |
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Cardinal: شش |
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Baluchi شش (šaš).
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
شش (šaš)
Mazanderani edit
Numeral edit
شش (šeš)
Persian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Persian [script needed] (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 edit
Dari | شش |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | шаш |
- شیش (šiš) (informal)
Pronunciation edit
60 | ||
← 5 | ۶ 6 |
7 → |
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Cardinal: شش (šeš) Ordinal: ششم (šešom) |
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʃaʃ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʃeʃ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʃäʃ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | šaš |
Dari reading? | šaš |
Iranian reading? | šeš |
Tajik reading? | šaš |
- Rhymes: -eʃ
Numeral edit
شش • (šeš) (Persian numeral ۶)
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (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 edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʃuʃ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʃoʃ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʃuʃ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | šuš |
Dari reading? | šuš |
Iranian reading? | šoš |
Tajik reading? | šuš |
Noun edit
شش • (šoš) (plural ششها (šoš-hâ))
Dari | شش |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | шуш |
Synonyms edit
- ریه (riye)
References edit
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “¹suš”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 78