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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐj.ʂɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕeː.ʂɐ/

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]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 655