𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬀

Avestan

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Haštā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haštā́, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw. Cognate with Sanskrit अष्ट (aṣṭá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʃta/

Numeral

𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬀 • (ašta)

Avestan cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : 𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬀 (ašta)     Ordinal : 𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬆𐬨𐬀 (aštəma)

1. eight

Inflection

Indeclinable.

References

Martínez García, Javier, de Vaan, Michiel (2014) Introduction to Avestan (Brill Introductions to Indo-European Languages; 1)‎^[1], Brill, →ISBN, page 66