शिष्ट

शिष्ट

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃɪʂʈ/

Adjective

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

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬰᬶᬱ᭄ᬝ (Balinese script)
• শিষ্ট (Assamese script)
• শিষ্ট (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰰𑰬𑰿𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀺𑀱𑁆𑀝 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌶𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌟 (Grantha script)
• શિષ્ટ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਿਸ਼ੑਟ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦯꦶꦰ꧀ꦛ (Javanese script)
• ឝិឞ្ដ (Khmer script)
• ಶಿಷ್ಟ (Kannada script)
• ຨິຩ຺ຏ (Lao script)
• ശിഷ്ട (Malayalam script)
• 𑘫𑘱𑘬𑘿𑘘 (Modi script)
• ᠱᢈᢔᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• ᡧᡳᢢᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
• ၐိၑ္ဋ (Burmese script)
• 𑧋𑧒𑧌𑧠𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐶𑐲𑑂𑐚 (Newa script)
• ଶିଷ୍ଟ (Oriya script)
• ꢯꢶꢰ꣄ꢜ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆴𑆰𑇀𑆛 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖰𑖬𑖿𑖘 (Siddham script)
• ශිෂ්ට (Sinhalese script)
• శిష్ట (Telugu script)
• ศิษฺฏ (Thai script)
• ཤི་ཥྚ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒱𑒭𑓂𑒙 (Tirhuta script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕiʂ.ʈɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕiʂ.ʈɐ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śiṣṭás (“left over”), from *śiṣ- (“to remain”). Compare Mari šište (“beeswax”), Mordvin šta (“beeswax”), inherited from a Proto-Indo-Aryan borrowing.

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

Descendants

• Prakrit:
  • Assamese: সিটা (xita)
  • Hindi: सीठा (sīṭhā)
• → Hindi: शिष्ट (śiṣṭ)
• → Malayalam: ശിഷ്ടം (śiṣṭaṃ)

Etymology 2

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

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

• Monier Williams (1899), “शिष्ट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1069.