अष्ट

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *aṣṭā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *aštā́, 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

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

अष्ट • (aṣṭá)

eight

Derived terms

अष्टाध्यायी (aṣṭādhyāyī)

Descendants

Assamese: আট (at)
Bengali: আট (aṭ)
Hindustani:
Hindi: आठ (āṭh)
Urdu: آٹھ‎ (āṭh)
Marathi: आठ (āṭh)
Nepali: आठ (āṭha)
Pali: aṭṭha
Sinhalese: අට (aṭa)
→ Khmer: អស្តា (ʾahstaa)
→ Malay: asta / استا
→ Telugu: అష్ట (aṣṭa)