अष्ट

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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

Numeral

Sanskrit numbers (edit)
80
[a], [b]   7
8
9   [a], [b]
    Cardinal: अष्ट (aṣṭa), अष्टन् (aṣṭan)
    Ordinal: अष्टम (aṣṭama)

अष्ट (aṣṭá)

  1. eight

Derived terms

Descendants

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