छह
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Hindi षट (ṣaṭa), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀙 (cha), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀙 (*cha), 𑀱 (ṣa), from Sanskrit षष् (ṣáṣ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ṣwáṭṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *šwáćš, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Cognate with Marathi सहा (sahā), Gujarati છ (cha), Bengali ছয় (choẏ), Assamese ছয় (soy), Punjabi ਛੇ (che), and Nepali छ (cha).
Pronunciation
Numeral
छह • (chah) (native script symbol ६, Urdu spelling چھہ) (cardinal)
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ṣáṣ-”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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