Sanskrit

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

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Etymology

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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

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Numeral

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षष् (ṣáṣ)[2]

  1. six

Declension

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Descendants

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

References

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  1. ^ Alexander Lubotsky (2000) “Indo-Aryan 'six'”, in 125 Jahre Indogermanistik in Graz. Arbeiten aus der Abteilung “Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft"[1], 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.