ਅਠ

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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]

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

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “aṣṭā́”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 4
^ “ਅਠ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2024
^ Surindar Singh Kohli (1996) “ਅਠ”, in Dictionary of the Guru Granth Sahib, 1^st edition, Amritsar: Singh Brothers, →ISBN, page 23, column 1; republished Amritsar, 2005.
^ Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਅਠ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2^nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 13

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