षष्
Sanskrit
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| Cardinal: षष् (ṣaṣ) Ordinal: षष्ठ (ṣaṣṭha) Multiplier: षोढा (ṣoḍhā) Distributive: षट्शस् (ṣaṭśas) | ||
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ষষ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬱᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
- ষষ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰬𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀱𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ၑၑ် (Burmese script)
- ષષ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌷𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦰꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂭𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಷಷ್ (Kannada script)
- ឞឞ៑ (Khmer script)
- ຩຩ຺ (Lao script)
- ഷഷ് (Malayalam script)
- ᢢᠠᢢ (Manchu script)
- 𑘬𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢔᠠᢔ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧌𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐲𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଷଷ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢰꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆰𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖬𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ෂෂ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪀𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஷஷ் (Tamil script)
- షష్ (Telugu script)
- ษษฺ (Thai script)
- ཥ་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒭𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨯𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
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 šeši̇̀, Latin sex, Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx), Old English six (whence English six).[2]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʂɐ́ʂ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʂɐʂ/
Numeral
षष् • (ṣáṣ)
Declension
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | षट् (ṣáṭ) |
| accusative | षट् (ṣáṭ) |
| instrumental | ष॒ड्भिः (ṣaḍbhíḥ) |
| dative | ष॒ड्भ्यः (ṣaḍbhyáḥ) |
| ablative | ष॒ड्भ्यः (ṣaḍbhyáḥ) |
| genitive | ष॒ण्णाम् (ṣaṇṇā́m) |
| locative | ष॒ट्सु (ṣaṭsú) |
| vocative | षट् (ṣáṭ) |
Derived terms
- अरिषड्वर्ग (ariṣaḍvarga, “Arishadvargas, six enemies of the mind that trap a soul”)
- षट्कोण (ṣaṭkoṇa, “hexagon, six corners”)
- षड्गति (ṣaḍgati, “six realms of rebirth”)
- षड्ज (ṣaḍja, “generating the six notes of music”)
- षड्यन्त्र (ṣaḍyantra, “six devices”)
- षड्रिपु (ṣaḍripu, “six enemies of the mind that trap a soul; lust, anger, greed, ego, attachment, jealousy”)
- षड्विं॑शति (ṣáḍviṃśati, “twenty-six”)
Related terms
- षष्टि (ṣaṣṭi, “sixty”)
Descendants
- Ashokan Prakrit: *𑀙 (*cha), 𑀱 (ṣa)
- Prakrit: 𑀙 (cha) (see there for further descendants)
- Gandhari: 𐨮 (ṣa)
- Pali: cha
References
- ^ Rothstein-Dowden, Z. (2021). On the numeral cha '6' in Middle and New Indo-Aryan. East Coast Indo-European Conference XL.
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “ṣáṣ-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 680
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “षष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1108, column 1.