هشت

See also: ہشت and هست

Gilaki

Numeral

هشت (hašt)

1. eight

Mazanderani

Numeral

هشت (hašt)

1. eight

Persian

Alternative forms

• هشد (hašd) (dialectal, Isfahan)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭧𐭱𐭲 (ḥšt /⁠hašt⁠/), from Old Persian, from Proto-Iranian *Haštā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haštā́, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw. Compare Northern Kurdish heşt, Ossetian аст (ast), Pashto اته (atë), Avestan 𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬀 (ašta), Sanskrit अष्ट (aṣṭa), Hindi आठ (āṭh).

Dari	هشت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҳашт

Pronunciation

Persian numbers ^(edit)

	80
←  7	۸ 8	9  →
Cardinal: هشت (hašt)     Ordinal: هشتم (haštom)

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈhaʃt/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [háʃt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [háʃt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔáʃt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔáʃt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hǽʃt̪ʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [háʃt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	hašt
Dari reading?	hašt
Iranian reading?	hašt
Tajik reading?	hašt

Numeral

هشت • (hašt) (Persian numeral ۸)

1. eight