Alternative reconstructions
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From Proto-Indo-Iranian *šwáćš, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. *x- was added to "regularize" the irregular retraction of Proto-Indo-European *s-.
*xšwáš
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- Central Iranian:
- Northeastern Iranian:
- Proto-Scythian:
- Ossetian:
- Ossetian: ӕхсӕз (æxsæz)
- Khotanese: [script needed] (kṣäṣa̮)
- Wakhi: (/šād/)
- Arabic script: شاد
- Cyrillic script: шад (šad)
- Sogdo-Bactrian:
- Khwarezmian: اخّ (ʾẍ /*axx/), اخس (ʾxs /*uxs ~ *axs/)
- Proto-Sogdic:
- Sogdian: (/(u)xušu ~ (ə)xušu/)
- Sogdian script: [script needed] (wγwšw), [script needed] (ʾγwšw)
- Syriac script: ݎܘܫܘ (xwšw), ܘݎܘܫܘ (wxwšw), ܐݎܘܫܘ (ʾxwšw)
- Yagnobi: ухш (uxš)
- Southeastern Iranian:
- Ormuri-Parachi:
- Ormuri: ݭو (śū)
- Parachi: خی (xī)
- Pashto: شپږ (špaǵ)
- Yidgha: اخشو (uxšo)
- Northwestern Iranian:
- Baluchi: شش (šaš)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: شەش (şeş /šaš/)
- Northern Kurdish: şeş (/šaš/)
- Southern Kurdish: شەش (şeş /šaš/)
- Proto-Medo-Parthian:
- Caspian:
- Gilaki: شیش (šiš)
- Mazanderani: شش (šaš ~ šiš)
- Old Median:
- Talysh: (/šaš/)
- Arabic script: شش
- Latin script: şəş
- Parthian: (/šuh ~ šoh/)
- Manichaean script: 𐫢𐫇𐫆 (šwẖ)
- → Manichaean Middle Persian: 𐫢𐫇𐫆 (šwẖ /šoh/)
- Zaza-Gorani:
- Gurani: شش (şiş /šiš/)
- Zazaki: şeş (/šaš/)
- Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: *xšvaš
- Middle Persian: (/šaš/)
- Manichaean script: 𐫢𐫢 (šš)
- Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭱𐭲𐭠 (ŠTA)
- Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (šš), [Book Pahlavi needed] (ŠTA)
- Pazend script: 𐬱𐬀𐬱 (šaš)
- Classical Persian: شش (šaš)
- Dari: شش (šaš)
- Iranian Persian: شش (šeš)
- Tajik: шаш (šaš)