Avestan edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬀 (ašta)

Avestan cardinal numbers
 <  7 8 9  > 
    Cardinal : 𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬀 (ašta)
    Ordinal : 𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬆𐬨𐬀 (aštəma)
  1. eight

Inflection edit

Indeclinable.

References edit

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