शेष
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शेष (śeṣa).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʃeːʂ/, [ʃeːʃ]
Noun
शेष • (śeṣ) m
- residue, result
- end, finish
- (mathematics) remainder in division
Declension
Declension of शेष (masc cons-stem)
singular | plural | |
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direct | शेष śeṣ | शेष śeṣ |
oblique | शेष śeṣ | शेषों śeṣõ |
vocative | शेष śeṣ | शेषो śeṣo |
Adjective
शेष • (śeṣ) (indeclinable)
- remaining, residual
Further reading
- Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “शेष”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬰᬾᬱ (Balinese script)
- শেষ (Assamese script)
- শেষ (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰸𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑁂𑀱 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌶𑍇𑌷 (Grantha script)
- શેષ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ੇਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦯꦺꦰ (Javanese script)
- ឝេឞ (Khmer script)
- ಶೇಷ (Kannada script)
- ເຨຩ (Lao script)
- ശേഷ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘫𑘹𑘬 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠧᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᡧᡝᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
- ၐေၑ (Burmese script)
- 𑧋𑧚𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐾𑐲 (Newa script)
- ଶେଷ (Oriya script)
- ꢯꢾꢰ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆼𑆰 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖸𑖬 (Siddham script)
- ශේෂ (Sinhalese script)
- శేష (Telugu script)
- เศษ (Thai script)
- ཤེ་ཥ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒹𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śayṣ- (“to remain”). See शिष्ट (śiṣṭa) for more.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕɐj.ʂɐ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɕeː.ʂɐ/
Noun
शेष • (śeṣa) m or n
- that which is saved or spared or allowed to escape, residue, leaving, surplus, balance
- end, issue, conclusion, finish, result
- last, last-mentioned
- a supplement, appendix
- a keepsake, token of remembrance
- secondary matter, accident
- death, destruction
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of शेष (śeṣa) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | शेषः śeṣaḥ | शेषौ śeṣau | शेषाः / शेषासः¹ śeṣāḥ / śeṣāsaḥ¹ |
Vocative | शेष śeṣa | शेषौ śeṣau | शेषाः / शेषासः¹ śeṣāḥ / śeṣāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | शेषम् śeṣam | शेषौ śeṣau | शेषान् śeṣān |
Instrumental | शेषेण śeṣeṇa | शेषाभ्याम् śeṣābhyām | शेषैः / शेषेभिः¹ śeṣaiḥ / śeṣebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | शेषाय śeṣāya | शेषाभ्याम् śeṣābhyām | शेषेभ्यः śeṣebhyaḥ |
Ablative | शेषात् śeṣāt | शेषाभ्याम् śeṣābhyām | शेषेभ्यः śeṣebhyaḥ |
Genitive | शेषस्य śeṣasya | शेषयोः śeṣayoḥ | शेषाणाम् śeṣāṇām |
Locative | शेषे śeṣe | शेषयोः śeṣayoḥ | शेषेषु śeṣeṣu |
Notes |
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Neuter a-stem declension of शेष (śeṣa) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | शेषम् śeṣam | शेषे śeṣe | शेषाणि / शेषा¹ śeṣāṇi / śeṣā¹ |
Vocative | शेष śeṣa | शेषे śeṣe | शेषाणि / शेषा¹ śeṣāṇi / śeṣā¹ |
Accusative | शेषम् śeṣam | शेषे śeṣe | शेषाणि / शेषा¹ śeṣāṇi / śeṣā¹ |
Instrumental | शेषेण śeṣeṇa | शेषाभ्याम् śeṣābhyām | शेषैः / शेषेभिः¹ śeṣaiḥ / śeṣebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | शेषाय śeṣāya | शेषाभ्याम् śeṣābhyām | शेषेभ्यः śeṣebhyaḥ |
Ablative | शेषात् śeṣāt | शेषाभ्याम् śeṣābhyām | शेषेभ्यः śeṣebhyaḥ |
Genitive | शेषस्य śeṣasya | शेषयोः śeṣayoḥ | शेषाणाम् śeṣāṇām |
Locative | शेषे śeṣe | शेषयोः śeṣayoḥ | शेषेषु śeṣeṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants
- Pali: sesa
- → Hindi: शेष (śeṣ)
Proper noun
शेष • (śeṣa) m
- name of a celebrated mythological thousand-headed serpent regarded as the emblem of eternity
- name of one of the Prajapits
- name of a muni
- name of one of the mythical elephants that support the earth
- a kind of metre
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “शेष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1088/3.