शिष्ट

Hindi

Adjective

शिष्ट • (śiṣṭá)

1. well behaved, polite
2. elegant, suave
3. genteel, courteous

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Sanskrit

Etymology 1

Adjective

शिष्ट (śiṣṭá)

1. left, remaining, escaped, residual (often at the end of a compound)

   नलशिष्ट (nala-śiṣṭá) — having only the stem left

Noun

शिष्ट (śiṣṭá) n

1. anything that remains or is left, remains, remnant

Etymology 2

Adjective

शिष्ट (śiṣṭá)

1. taught, directed, ordered, commanded (applied to persons and things)
2. disciplined, cultured, educated, learned, wise (m. a learned or well-educated or wise man)
3. eminent, superior

Noun

शिष्ट (śiṣṭá) m

1. chief
2. courtier, counsellor
3. learned or well-educated or wise man

Noun

शिष्ट (śiṣṭá) n

1. precept, rule

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 1069