𐬑𐬴𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬱

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Avestan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian *xšwáš (compare Persian شش (šeš), Northern Kurdish şeş), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *šwáćš (compare Sanskrit षष् (ṣáṣ)), from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs (compare Lithuanian šešì, Tocharian B ṣkas, Latin sex, Old Church Slavonic шесть (šestĭ), Old English six (English six)).

Numeral

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𐬑𐬴𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬱 (xṣ̌uuaš)

Avestan cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : 𐬑𐬴𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬱 (xṣ̌uuaš)
  1. six

Inflection

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Indeclinable.

References

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Martínez García, Javier, de Vaan, Michiel (2014) Introduction to Avestan (Brill Introductions to Indo-European Languages; 1)‎[1], Brill, →ISBN, page 66