शिष्ट

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Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Sanskrit शिष्ट (śiṣṭá). Doublet of सीठा (sīṭhā).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʃɪʂʈ/

Adjective[edit]

शिष्ट (śiṣṭ) (indeclinable)

  1. left over, remaining
    Synonyms: बाक़ी (bāqī), शेष (śeṣ), बचा हुआ (bacā huā)
  2. well behaved, polite
  3. elegant, suave
  4. genteel, courteous

Sanskrit[edit]

Alternative scripts[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śiṣṭás (left over), from *śiṣ- (to remain), of uncertain origin. Has been compared with Avestan 𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬀𐬝 (siiazdat̰, will chase away), itself likely from Proto-Indo-European *ḱyesdʰ- (to drive away; to go away) and cognate with the Sanskrit root सिध् (sidh, to go, drive off) and Latin cēdō (to go, proceed). Compare also Mari šište (beeswax), Mordvin šta (beeswax), inherited from a Proto-Indo-Aryan borrowing.

Adjective[edit]

शिष्ट (śiṣṭá)

  1. left, remaining, escaped, residual (often at the end of a compound)
    नलशिष्ट (nala-śiṣṭá)having only the stem left

Noun[edit]

शिष्ट (śiṣṭá) stemn

  1. anything that remains or is left, remains, remnant
Descendants[edit]
  • Prakrit:
  • Hindi: शिष्ट (śiṣṭ)
  • Malayalam: ശിഷ്ടം (śiṣṭaṁ)

Etymology 2[edit]

Past passive participle of शास् (śās, to teach).

Adjective[edit]

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[edit]

शिष्ट (śiṣṭá) stemm

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

Noun[edit]

शिष्ट (śiṣṭá) stemn

  1. precept, rule

References[edit]

  • Monier Williams (1899), “शिष्ट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 1069/3, 1076/3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 655
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 348
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 343