Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/xšwáš

This Proto-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Iranian

**Proto-Iranian cardinal numbers**
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Cardinal : *xšwáš

Alternative reconstructions

*šwáš

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *šwáćš, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. *x- was added to "regularize" the irregular retraction of Proto-Indo-European *s-.

Numeral

*xšwáš

six

Descendants

Central Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬑𐬴𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬱 (xṣ̌uuaš)
Northeastern Iranian:
- Proto-Scythian:
  - Ossetian:
    Ossetian: ӕхсӕз (æxsæz)
  - Khotanese: [script needed] (kṣäṣa̮)
  - Wakhi: (/⁠šād⁠/)
    Arabic script: شاد
    
    Cyrillic script: шад (šad)
- Sogdo-Bactrian:
  - Khwarezmian: اخّ (ʾẍ /⁠*axx⁠/), اخس (ʾxs /⁠*uxs ~ *axs⁠/)
  - Proto-Sogdic:
    - Sogdian: (/⁠(u)xušu ~ (ə)xušu⁠/)
      Sogdian script: [script needed] (wγwšw), [script needed] (ʾγwšw)
      
      Syriac script: ݎܘܫܘ (xwšw), ܘݎܘܫܘ (wxwšw), ܐݎܘܫܘ (ʾxwšw)
    - Yagnobi: ухш (uxš)
Southeastern Iranian:
- Ormuri-Parachi:
  - Ormuri: ݭو (śū)
  - Parachi: خی (xī)
- Pashto: شپږ (špaǵ)
- Yidgha: اخشو (uxšo)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Baluchi: شش (šaš)
- Kurdish:
  Central Kurdish: شەش (şeş /⁠šaš⁠/)
  
  Northern Kurdish: şeş (/⁠šaš⁠/)
  
  Southern Kurdish: شەش (şeş /⁠šaš⁠/)
- Proto-Medo-Parthian:
  - Caspian:
    - Gilaki: شیش (šiš)
    - Mazanderani: شش (šaš ~ šiš)
  - Old Median:
    - Talysh: (/⁠šaš⁠/)
      Arabic script: شش
      
      Latin script: şəş
  - Parthian: (/⁠šuh ~ šoh⁠/)
    Manichaean script: 𐫢𐫇𐫆 (šwẖ)
    - → Manichaean Middle Persian: 𐫢𐫇𐫆 (šwẖ /⁠šoh⁠/)
  - Zaza-Gorani:
    - Gurani: شش (şiş /⁠šiš⁠/)
    - Zazaki: şeş (/⁠šaš⁠/)
Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: *xšvaš
  - Middle Persian: (/⁠šaš⁠/)
    Manichaean script: 𐫢𐫢 (šš)
    
    Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭱𐭲𐭠 (ŠTA)
    
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (šš), [Book Pahlavi needed] (ŠTA)
    
    Pazend script: 𐬱𐬀𐬱 (šaš)
    - Classical Persian: شش (šaš)
      Dari: شش (šaš)
      
      Iranian Persian: شش (šeš)
      
      Tajik: шаш (šaš)