U+0A9B, છ
GUJARATI LETTER CHA

[U+0A9A]
Gujarati
[U+0A9C]

Gujarati

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Letter

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(cha)

  1. The seventh consonant in Gujarati.

See also

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Etymology 2

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Gujarati numbers (edit)
60
 ←  5
6
7  → 
    Cardinal: (cha)
    Ordinal: છઠ્ઠું (chaṭhṭhũ)

Inherited from Old Gujarati (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 (cha). Distantly cognate with English six.

Numeral

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(cha)

  1. six