Baluchi

Numeral

شش • ‎(šaš)

1. six

Noun

شش • ‎(šaš)

1. six (digit)

Persian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Compare Kurdish şeş, Avestan 𐬑𐬴𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬱 ‎(χšvaš), Khotanese kṣäṣa̮ ‎(“six”), Sanskrit षष् ‎(ṣáṣ), Hindi छह ‎(chah), Spanish seis, German sechs, Lithuanian šеšì, Russian шесть ‎(šestʹ), Armenian վեց ‎(vecʿ), Greek έξι ‎(éxi).

Alternative forms

• شیش ‎(šiš) (informal)

Numeral

شش • ‎(šeš)

1. (cardinal) six

See also

• ۶

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian swš ‎(suš, “lung”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬎𐬱 ‎(suš, “lung”).

Noun

شش • ‎(šoš) ‎(plural شش‌ها ‎(šoš-hâ))

1. lung

Synonyms

• ریه ‎(riye)

References

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