છ

છ U 0A9B, છ GUJARATI LETTER CHA ← ચ [U 0A9A] Gujarati જ → [U 0A9C]

Gujarati

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃʰə/

Etymology 1

Letter

છ • (cha)

1. The seventh consonant in Gujarati.

Etymology 2

Gujarati numbers ^(edit)

	60
←  5	૬ 6	7  →
Cardinal: છ (cha)     Ordinal: છઠ્ઠું (chaṭhṭhũ)

Inherited from Old Gujarati छ (cha), 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), Hindi छह (chah), Bengali ছয় (choẏ), Marwari 𑅚 (cha), Punjabi ਛੇ (che), and Nepali छ (cha). Distantly cognate with English six.

Numeral

છ • (cha)

1. six