अठ

Old Hindi

Old Hindi cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : अठ (aṭha)

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haštā́
    Sanskrit अष्ट (aṣṭa)
    Prakrit 𑀅𑀝𑁆𑀞 (aṭṭha)
    Apabhramsa अट्ठ (aṭṭha)
    Old Hindi अठ (aṭha)

    Inherited from Apabhramsa अट्ठ (aṭṭha), from Prakrit अट्ठ (aṭṭha), from Sanskrit अष्ट (aṣṭá).[1]

    Numeral

    अठ (aṭha) (cardinal number)[2][3]

    1. eight
      • c. 1420, Kabīr, Kabīr Vāṇī 448.0b:
        मानूं अठ-सिधि नवनि ताकै ।
        हर्षि हरषि जस बोलै ॥
        mānūṃ aṭha-sidhi navani tākai.
        harṣi haraṣi jasa bolai.
        as if eight siddhis, nine treasures [were contained] in his joy
        rejoicing he sings the praise [of God]

    Descendants

    Descendants
    • Braj: आठ (āṭh)
    • Bundeli: आठ (āṭh)
    • Kannauji: आठ
    • Middle Hindi: آٹھ (āṭh)

    References

    More information
    1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “aṣṭā́”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 4
    2. ^ Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 513
    3. ^ Winand M. Callewaert, Swapna Sharma (2009) “आठ”, in Dictionary of Bhakti, Ramesh Nagar Metro Station, New Delhi 110 015: D.K. Printworld (P) Ltd., →ISBN, page 163, column 1.
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