شش

See also: سس

Baluchi

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *šwáš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *šwáćš, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Numeral

شش • (šaš)

  1. six

Noun

شش • (šaš)

  1. six (digit)

Brahui

Brahui numbers (edit)
 ←  5 6 7  → 
    Cardinal: شش

Etymology

Borrowed from Baluchi شش (šaš).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaʃ/

Numeral

شش (šaš)

  1. six, 6

Mazanderani

Numeral

شش (šeš)

  1. six

Persian

Etymology 1

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

Dari شش
Iranian Persian
Tajik шаш

Pronunciation

Persian numbers (edit)
60
 ←  5 ۶
6
7  → 
    Cardinal: شش (šeš)
    Ordinal: ششم (šešom)
 

Readings
Classical reading? šaš
Dari reading? šaš
Iranian reading? šeš
Tajik reading? šaš
  • Rhymes: -eʃ

Numeral

شش • (šeš) (Persian numeral ۶)

  1. six

Etymology 2

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

 

Readings
Classical reading? šuš
Dari reading? šuš
Iranian reading? šoš
Tajik reading? šuš

Noun

شش • (šoš) (plural شش‌ها (šoš-hâ))

Dari شش
Iranian Persian
Tajik шуш
  1. lung
Synonyms

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “¹suš”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 78
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