अष्ट

Sanskrit

Sanskrit numbers (edit)
80
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8
9  → 
    Cardinal: अष्ट (aṣṭa)
    Ordinal: अष्टम (aṣṭama)
    Multiplier: अष्टधा (aṣṭadhā)

Alternative forms

  • अष्टा (aṣṭā)combining form
  • अ॒ष्टन् (aṣṭán, stem in traditional grammars)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Haṣṭā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haštā́, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.[1] Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬀 (ašta), Persian هشت (hašt), Latvian astoņi, Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ), Latin octō, Old English eahta (whence English eight).

    Pronunciation

    Numeral

    अ॒ष्ट • (aṣṭá)

    1. eight

    Declension

    Gender-neutral numeral declension of अ॒ष्ट
    plural
    nominative अ॒ष्टौ (aṣṭáu)
    अ॒ष्ट (aṣṭá)
    accusative अ॒ष्टौ (aṣṭáu)
    अ॒ष्ट (aṣṭá)
    instrumental अ॒ष्टा॒भिः (aṣṭābhíḥ)
    अ॒ष्टभिः॑ (aṣṭábhiḥ)
    dative अ॒ष्टा॒भ्यः (aṣṭābhyáḥ)
    अ॒ष्टभ्यः॑ (aṣṭábhyaḥ)
    ablative अ॒ष्टा॒भ्यः (aṣṭābhyáḥ)
    अ॒ष्टभ्यः॑ (aṣṭábhyaḥ)
    genitive अ॒ष्टा॒नाम् (aṣṭānā́m)
    locative अ॒ष्टा॒सु (aṣṭāsú)
    अ॒ष्टसु॑ (aṣṭásu)
    vocative अष्टौ॑ (áṣṭau)
    अष्ट॑ (áṣṭa)

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Pali: aṭṭha
    • Saraiki: اٹھ
    • Prakrit: 𑀅𑀝𑁆𑀞 (aṭṭha) (see there for further descendants)
    • Khmer: អស្តា (ʼahsdaa)
    • Malay: asta / استا
    • Old Javanese: aṣṭa
      • Balinese: asta (eight)
    • Telugu: అష్ట (aṣṭa)

    References

    1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “aṣṭá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 142

    Further reading

    • Monier Williams (1899), “अष्टन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 116, column 2.
    • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “aṣṭan”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.