शिष्ट

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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

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śiṣṭás (“left over”), from *śiṣ- (“to remain”), of uncertain origin. 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

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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