अष्ट

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬅᬱ᭄ᬝ (Balinese script)
• অষ্ট (Assamese script)
• অষ্ট (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰬𑰿𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀱𑁆𑀝 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌅𑌷𑍍𑌟 (Grantha script)
• અષ્ટ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਸ਼ੑਟ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦄꦰ꧀ꦛ (Javanese script)
• អឞ្ដ (Khmer script)
• ಅಷ್ಟ (Kannada script)
• ອຩ຺ຏ (Lao script)
• അഷ്ട (Malayalam script)
• 𑘀𑘬𑘿𑘘 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢔᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• ᠠᢢᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
• အၑ္ဋ (Burmese script)
• 𑦠𑧌𑧠𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐲𑑂𑐚 (Newa script)
• ଅଷ୍ଟ (Oriya script)
• ꢂꢰ꣄ꢜ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆰𑇀𑆛 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖬𑖿𑖘 (Siddham script)
• අෂ්ට (Sinhalese script)
• అష్ట (Telugu script)
• อษฺฏ (Thai script)
• ཨ་ཥྚ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒭𑓂𑒙 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Haṣṭā́, 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) 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)

1. eight

Derived terms

• अष्टक (aṣṭaka)
• अष्टाध्यायी (aṣṭādhyāyī)

Descendants

• Assamese: আট (at)
• Bengali: আট (aṭ)
• Hindustani:

  Hindi: आठ (āṭh)

  Urdu: آٹھ‎ (āṭh)

• Marathi: आठ (āṭh)
• Nepali: आठ (āṭh)
• Pali: aṭṭha
• Sinhalese: අට (aṭa)
• → Khmer: អស្តា (ʼahsdaa)
• → Malay: asta / استا
• → Telugu: అష్ట (aṣṭa)