शिष्ट

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) 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

Marathi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɕiʂ.ʈə/
  • Hyphenation: शिष्‧ट, शि‧ष्ट
  • Rhymes: -ə

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शिष्ट (śiṣṭá). First attested as Old Marathi 𑘫𑘲𑘬𑘿𑘘 (śīṣṭa).

Adjective

शिष्ट • (śiṣṭa) (indeclinable)

  1. respectable, educated, cultured, learned
Derived terms
  • शिष्टमंडळ (śiṣṭamaṇḍaḷ)
  • शिष्टसंप्रदाय (śiṣṭasampradāy)
  • शिष्टसंमत (śiṣṭasammat)
  • शिष्टाई (śiṣṭāī)
  • शिष्टागम (śiṣṭāgam)
  • शिष्टाचार (śiṣṭācār)

Etymology 2

A pejorative semantic shift of the learned borrowing from Sanskrit.

Adjective

शिष्ट • (śiṣṭa) (indeclinable)

  1. self-righteous, conceited, stuck-up, snobbish
Derived terms
  • शिष्टपणा (śiṣṭapaṇā)

Further reading

More information
  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “शिष्ट”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 147
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “शिष्ट”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 793
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “शिष्ट”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 2945

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. 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)
    • → Old Javanese: śiṣṭa

    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
      Descendants

      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]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 655
      • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎[2] (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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