अष्ट

Sanskrit

Sanskrit numbers ^(edit)

	80
[a], [b] ←  7	८ 8	9  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: अष्ट (aṣṭa), अष्टन् (aṣṭan)     Ordinal: अष्टम (aṣṭama)

Alternative forms

• अष्टन् (aṣṭan)

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haštā́

Sanskrit अष्ट (aṣṭa)

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haštā́, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw. 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

अष्ट • (aṣṭá)

1. eight

Declension

Irregular declension of अष्ट (aṣṭá)

	Plural
Nominative	अष्टौ (aṣṭaú), अष्ट (aṣṭá)
Vocative	अष्टौ (áṣṭau), अष्ट (áṣṭa)
Accusative	अष्टौ (aṣṭaú), अष्ट (aṣṭá)
Instrumental	अष्टाभिः (aṣṭābhíḥ), अष्टभिः (aṣṭábhiḥ)
Dative	अष्टाभ्यः (aṣṭābhyáḥ), अष्टभ्यः (aṣṭábhyaḥ)
Ablative	अष्टाभ्यः (aṣṭābhyáḥ), अष्टभ्यः (aṣṭábhyaḥ)
Genitive	अष्टनाम् (aṣṭānā́m)
Locative	अष्टासु (aṣṭāsú), अष्टसु (aṣṭásu)

Derived terms

• अष्टक (aṣṭaka)
• अष्टाध्यायी (aṣṭādhyāyī)

Related terms

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

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अष्टन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 116, column 2.