شش
shesh
To say six in Farsi, use شش (shesh).
شش is the cardinal number six, used for counting things and for telling the time.
Meaning: cardinal number (num)
How does it change in a sentence?
The noun after شش stays singular, so six legs is شش پا, not a plural form.
How do you pronounce it?
It is romanized as shesh, one syllable that sounds like the English word mesh with sh at the start.
Did you know?
- Persian uses the number شش as part of the phrase شش دانگ ('six dangh') to describe owning a whole object. This comes from an old system where a 'dangh' was one sixth of a unit.
- In Persian, the word شش is a homonym. While it most commonly means the number 'six', it is also the word for 'lung'.
Examples in context
- مورچه ها شش پا دارند.Ants have six legs.Here شش پا means six legs, with the noun left in the singular.Tatoeba #12879240 by manelie, translation #9950171 by ddnktr
- من حدود ساعت شش خواهم برگشت.I'll be back by six o'clock.In this sentence ساعت شش means six o'clock.Tatoeba #916219 by mahdiye, translation #262300 by CK
- سمی هفته پیش شش ویدیو جدید آپلود کردSami uploaded six new videos last week.Here شش ویدیو means six videos, again with a singular noun.Tatoeba #7576349 by aayanoyouni, translation #7252615 by OsoHombre
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Example conversation
Ali and Sara are talking about buying apples at a market.
- علی Aliسارا، چند تا سیب میخواهی؟Sara, chand ta sib mikhahi?Sara, how many apples do you want?
- سارا Saraبرای من شش تا کافی است.baraye man shesh ta kafi ast.Six are enough for me.
- علی Aliباشه، من شش تا میخرم.bashe, man shesh ta mikharam.Okay, I will buy six.
- سارا Saraممنونم علی.mamnoonam Ali.Thank you, Ali.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries شش, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
