अष्ट
Sanskrit
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| Cardinal: अष्ट (aṣṭa) Ordinal: अष्टम (aṣṭama) Multiplier: अष्टधा (aṣṭadhā) | ||
Alternative forms
- अष्टा (aṣṭā) — combining form
- अ॒ष्टन् (aṣṭán, “stem in traditional grammars”)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অষ্ট (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬱ᭄ᬝ (Balinese script)
- অষ্ট (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰬𑰿𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀱𑁆𑀝 (Brahmi script)
- အၑ္ဋ (Burmese script)
- અષ્ટ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਸ਼੍ਟ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌷𑍍𑌟 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦰ꧀ꦛ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂭𑂹𑂗 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಷ್ಟ (Kannada script)
- អឞ្ដ (Khmer script)
- ອຩ຺ຏ (Lao script)
- അഷ്ട (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᢢᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘬𑘿𑘘 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢔᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧌𑧠𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐲𑑂𑐚 (Newa script)
- ଅଷ୍ଟ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢰ꣄ꢜ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆰𑇀𑆛 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖬𑖿𑖘 (Siddham script)
- අෂ්ට (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑪀 𑪙𑩦 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚶𑚔 (Takri script)
- அஷ்ட (Tamil script)
- అష్ట (Telugu script)
- อษฺฏ (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཥྚ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒭𑓂𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨯𑩇𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)
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
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐʂ.ʈɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐʂ.ʈɐ/
Numeral
अ॒ष्ट • (aṣṭá)
Declension
| 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
- अष्ट॑क (áṣṭaka)
- अष्टाध्यायी (aṣṭādhyāyī)
Related terms
- अ॒शी॒ति (aśītí, “eighty”)
Descendants
- Pali: aṭṭha
- Saraiki: اٹھ
- Prakrit: 𑀅𑀝𑁆𑀞 (aṭṭha) (see there for further descendants)
- → Khmer: អស្តា (ʼahsdaa)
- → Malay: asta / استا
- Indonesian: asta
- → Old Javanese: aṣṭa
- → Balinese: asta (“eight”)
- → Telugu: అష్ట (aṣṭa)
References
- ^ 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.