ਅਠ

See also: ਅੱਠ

Old Punjabi

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haštā́
    Sanskrit अष्ट (aṣṭa)
    Prakrit 𑀅𑀝𑁆𑀞 (aṭṭha)
    Apabhramsa 𑆃𑆛𑇀𑆜 (aṭṭha)
    Old Punjabi ਅਠ (aṭha)

    Inherited from Apabhramsa 𑆃𑆛𑇀𑆜 (aṭṭha), from Prakrit 𑀅𑀝𑁆𑀞 (aṭṭha), from Sanskrit ਅਸ਼੍ਟ (aṣṭá).[1]

    Numeral

    ਅਠ (aṭha /aṭṭha/)(cardinal number)[2][3][4]

    1. eight
      • 1604, Guru Angad, Ādi Granth ang 146:
        ਅਠੀ ਪਹਰੀ ਅਠ ਖੰਡ ਨਾਵਾ ਖੰਡੁ ਸਰੀਰੁ ॥
        aṭhī paharī aṭha khaṇḍa nāvā khaṇḍu sarīru.
        /aṭhī paharī aṭṭha khaṇḍa nāvā khaṇḍa sarīru/
        • 1972 translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
          Twenty-four hours a day, destroy the eight things, and in the ninth place, conquer the body.

    Descendants

    • Punjabi:
      Gurmukhi script: ਅੱਠ (aṭṭha)
      Shahmukhi script: اَٹّھ (aṭṭh)
    • Saraiki:
      Shahmukhi script: اَٹّھ (aṭṭh)
      Devanagari script: अट्ठ (aṭṭh)
      Multani script: 𑊀𑊑 (aṭh /⁠aṭṭh⁠/)

    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. ^ “ਅਠ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2025
    3. ^ Surindar Singh Kohli (1996) “ਅਠ”, in Dictionary of the Guru Granth Sahib, 1st edition, Amritsar: Singh Brothers, →ISBN, page 23, column 1; republished Amritsar, 2005.
    4. ^ Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਅਠ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 13
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