शेष

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शेष (śeṣa).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʃeːʂ/, [ʃeːʃ]

Noun

शेष • (śeṣ) m

  1. residue, result
  2. end, finish
  3. (mathematics) remainder in division

Declension
Declension of शेष (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct शेष
śeṣ		 शेष
śeṣ
oblique शेष
śeṣ		 शेषों
śeṣõ
vocative शेष
śeṣ		 शेषो
śeṣo

Adjective

शेष • (śeṣ) (indeclinable)

  1. 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
  • শেষ (Assamese script)
  • ᬰᬾᬱ (Balinese script)
  • শেষ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰫𑰸𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀰𑁂𑀱 (Brahmi script)
  • ၐေၑ (Burmese script)
  • શેષ (Gujarati script)
  • ਸ਼ੇਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌶𑍇𑌷 (Grantha script)
  • ꦯꦺꦰ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂬𑂵𑂭 (Kaithi script)
  • ಶೇಷ (Kannada script)
  • ឝេឞ (Khmer script)
  • ເຨຩ (Lao script)
  • ശേഷ (Malayalam script)
  • ᡧᡝᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘫𑘹𑘬 (Modi script)
  • ᠱᠧᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧋𑧚𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐱𑐾𑐲 (Newa script)
  • ଶେଷ (Odia script)
  • ꢯꢾꢰ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆯𑆼𑆰 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖫𑖸𑖬 (Siddham script)
  • ශෙෂ (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩿𑩔𑪀 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚧𑚲 (Takri script)
  • ஶேஷ (Tamil script)
  • శేష (Telugu script)
  • เศษ (Thai script)
  • ཤེ་ཥ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒬𑒹𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨮𑨄𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śayṣ- (“to remain”). See शिष्ट (śiṣṭa) for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

शेष • (śeṣa) stem, m or n

  1. that which is saved or spared or allowed to escape, residue, leaving, surplus, balance
  2. end, issue, conclusion, finish, result
  3. last, last-mentioned
  4. a supplement, appendix
  5. a keepsake, token of remembrance
  6. secondary matter, accident
  7. death, destruction

Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of शेष (śeṣa)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative शेषः
śeṣaḥ		 शेषौ / शेषा¹
śeṣau / śeṣā¹		 शेषाः / शेषासः¹
śeṣāḥ / śeṣāsaḥ¹
Vocative शेष
śeṣa		 शेषौ / शेषा¹
śeṣau / śeṣā¹		 शेषाः / शेषासः¹
śeṣāḥ / śeṣāsaḥ¹
Accusative शेषम्
śeṣam		 शेषौ / शेषा¹
śeṣau / śeṣā¹		 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
  • ¹Vedic
Neuter a-stem declension of शेष (śeṣa)
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
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants
  • Pali: sesa
  • → Hindi: शेष (śeṣ)
  • → Malayalam: ശേഷം (śēṣaṁ)

Proper noun

शेष • (śeṣa) stem, m

  1. name of a celebrated mythological thousand-headed serpent regarded as the emblem of eternity
  2. name of one of the Prajapits
  3. name of a muni
  4. name of one of the mythical elephants that support the earth
  5. a kind of metre

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “शेष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1088/3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 655
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