अष्ट

Sanskrit

**Sanskrit numbers ^(edit)**
	80
^{[a], [b]} ← 7	८ 8	9 → ^{[a], [b]}
Cardinal: अष्ट (aṣṭa), अष्टन् (aṣṭan) Ordinal: अष्टम (aṣṭama)

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

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐʂ.ʈɐ́/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɐʂ.ʈɐ/

Numeral

अष्ट • (aṣṭá)

eight

Declension

irregular declension
Nom. sg.	—
Gen. sg.	—
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	—	—	अष्ट, अष्टौ (aṣṭa, aṣṭau)
Vocative	—	—	अष्ट, अष्टौ (aṣṭa, aṣṭau)
Accusative	—	—	अष्ट, अष्टौ (aṣṭa, aṣṭau)
Instrumental	—	—	अष्टभिः, अष्टाभिः (aṣṭabhiḥ, aṣṭābhiḥ)
Dative	—	—	अष्टभ्यः, अष्टाभ्यः (aṣṭabhyaḥ, aṣṭābhyaḥ)
Ablative	—	—	अष्टभ्यः, अष्टाभ्यः (aṣṭabhyaḥ, aṣṭābhyaḥ)
Genitive	—	—	अष्टनाम् (aṣṭanām)
Locative	—	—	अष्टसु (aṣṭasu)

Derived terms

अष्टक (aṣṭaka)
अष्टाध्यायी (aṣṭādhyāyī)

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: ᬅᬱ᭄ᬝ (asta, “eight”)
→ Telugu: అష్ట (aṣṭa)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “अष्ट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0116/2.

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