षष्टि

Sanskrit

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Cardinal: षष्टि (ṣaṣṭi)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ষষ্টি (Assamese script)
• ᬱᬱ᭄ᬝᬶ (Balinese script)
• ষষ্টি (Bengali script)
• 𑰬𑰬𑰿𑰘𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀱𑀱𑁆𑀝𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ၑၑ္ဋိ (Burmese script)
• ષષ્ટિ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਸ਼੍ਟਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌷𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦰꦰ꧀ꦛꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂭𑂭𑂹𑂗𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಷಷ್ಟಿ (Kannada script)
• ឞឞ្ដិ (Khmer script)
• ຩຩ຺ຏິ (Lao script)
• ഷഷ്ടി (Malayalam script)
• ᢢᠠᢢᢞᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘬𑘬𑘿𑘘𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᢔᠠᢔᢌᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧌𑧌𑧠𑦸𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐲𑐲𑑂𑐚𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଷଷ୍ଟି (Odia script)
• ꢰꢰ꣄ꢜꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆰𑆰𑇀𑆛𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖬𑖬𑖿𑖘𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ෂෂ‍්ටි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪀𑪀 𑪙𑩦𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚶𑚔𑚮 (Takri script)
• ஷஷ்டி (Tamil script)
• షష్టి (Telugu script)
• ษษฺฏิ (Thai script)
• ཥ་ཥྚི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒭𑒭𑓂𑒙𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨯𑨯𑩇𑨔𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ṣwaṭṣHtí, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *šwaćšHtí, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱsh₁ḱomt (“six-ten”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἑξήκοντα (hexḗkonta), Latin sexāgintā.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʂɐʂ.ʈí/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʂɐʂ.ʈi/

Numeral

षष्टि • (ṣaṣṭí) f

1. sixty

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: شیٹھ (śēṭh)
• Punjabi: saṭṭhi
• Prakrit: 𑀲𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻 (saṭṭhī), 𑀲𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺𑀁 (saṭṭhiṃ) (see there for further descendants)
• → Telugu: షష్టి (ṣaṣṭi) (learned)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ṣaṣṭí”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press