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

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • শিষ্ট (Assamese script)
  • ᬰᬶᬱ᭄ᬝ (Balinese script)
  • শিষ্ট (Bengali script)
  • 𑰫𑰰𑰬𑰿𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀰𑀺𑀱𑁆𑀝 (Brahmi script)
  • ၐိၑ္ဋ (Burmese script)
  • શિષ્ટ (Gujarati script)
  • ਸ਼ਿਸ਼੍ਟ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌶𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌟 (Grantha script)
  • ꦯꦶꦰ꧀ꦛ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂬𑂱𑂭𑂹𑂗 (Kaithi script)
  • ಶಿಷ್ಟ (Kannada script)
  • ឝិឞ្ដ (Khmer script)
  • ຨິຩ຺ຏ (Lao script)
  • ശിഷ്ട (Malayalam script)
  • ᡧᡳᢢᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘫𑘱𑘬𑘿𑘘 (Modi script)
  • ᠱᠢᢔᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧋𑧒𑧌𑧠𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐱𑐶𑐲𑑂𑐚 (Newa script)
  • ଶିଷ୍ଟ (Odia script)
  • ꢯꢶꢰ꣄ꢜ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆯𑆴𑆰𑇀𑆛 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖫𑖰𑖬𑖿𑖘 (Siddham script)
  • ශිෂ‍්ට (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩿𑩑𑪀 𑪙𑩦 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚧𑚮𑚶𑚔 (Takri script)
  • ஶிஷ்ட (Tamil script)
  • శిష్ట (Telugu script)
  • ศิษฺฏ (Thai script)
  • ཤི་ཥྚ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒬𑒱𑒭𑓂𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨮𑨁𑨯𑩇𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

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) stem, n

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

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) stem, m

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

Noun

शिष्ट • (śiṣṭá) stem, n

  1. precept, rule

References
  • 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]‎ (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), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 343
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