Proto-Iranian [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haštā́ Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw
Numeral [ edit ] *Haštā́
eight Descendants [ edit ]
Central Iranian:
Northeastern Iranian:
Proto-Scythian:Ossetian: аст ( ast )
Proto-Saka-Wakhi:Khotanese: [script needed] ( haṣta )
Wakhi: ( /hat/ ) Arabic script: هت
Cyrillic script: ҳат ( hat )
Sogdo-Bactrian:
Bactrian: αταο ( atao /ata/ )
Khwarezmian: اشت ( ʾšt /āšt/ )
Proto-Sogdic: *háštą [1] Sogdian: ( /əšt(a)/ ) Sogdian script: [script needed] ( ʾšt )
Manichaean script: 𐫙𐫢𐫤 ( ʿšt )
Syriac script: ܐܫܬ ( ʾšt ) ܐܫܬܗ ( ʾšth ) , ܫܬܐ ( štʾ )
Yagnobi: ашт ( ašt )
Southeastern Iranian:
Ormuri-Parachi:
Ormuri: اݭت ( āśt )
Parachi: اوشت ( ōšt )
Pashto: اته ( atə )
Shughni: в̌āх̌т ( wāx̌t )
Yidgha: اشچو ( aščo )
Northwestern Iranian:
Baluchi: ہشت ( hašt )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: heşt ( /hašt/ ) , heyşt ( /hayšt/ )
Central Kurdish: ھەشت ( heşt /hašt/ )
Southern Kurdish: ھەشت ( heşt /hašt/ )
Laki: ھەشت ( heşt /hašt/ )
Proto-Medo-Parthian:Caspian:
Gilaki: هشت ( hašt )
Mazanderani: هشت ( hašt )
Parthian: ( /hašt/ ) Inscriptional Parthian script: 𐭇𐭔𐭕 ( ḥšt )
Manichaean script: 𐫍𐫢𐫤 ( hšt )
Zaza-Gurani:
Gurani: ھەشت ( heşt /hašt/ )
Zazaki: heşt ( /hašt/ ) , heyşt ( /hayšt/ )
Southwestern Iranian:
Middle Persian: ( /hašt/ ) Manichaean script: 𐫍𐫢𐫤 ( hšt )
Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭧𐭱𐭲 ( ḥšt )
Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] ( hštʿ ) [Book Pahlavi needed] ( TWMNYA )
Pazend script: 𐬵𐬀𐬱𐬙 ( hašt ) Classical Persian: هشت ( hašt ) Dari: هشت ( hašt )
Iranian Persian: هشت ( hašt )
Tajik: ҳашт ( hašt )
Lurish:
Bakhtiari: هش ( haš )
References [ edit ]
^ Novák, Ľubomír (2013 ) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation) [1] 169 