शेष

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शेष (śeṣa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) 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

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शेष (śeṣa). First attested as Old Marathi 𑘫𑘹𑘬 (śeṣa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕeʂ/

Noun

शेष • (śeṣ) m

1. remnant, residue
2. (mathematics) remainder in division

Declension

Declension of शेष (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	शेष śeṣ
direct plural	शेष śeṣ
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	शेष śeṣ		शेष śeṣ
oblique सामान्यरूप	शेषा śeṣā		शेषां- śeṣān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	शेषाला śeṣālā		शेषांना śeṣānnā
ergative	शेषाने, शेषानं śeṣāne, śeṣāna		शेषांनी śeṣānnī
instrumental	शेषाशी śeṣāśī		शेषांशी śeṣānśī
locative सप्तमी	शेषात śeṣāt		शेषांत śeṣāt
vocative संबोधन	शेषा śeṣā		शेषांनो śeṣānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of शेष (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	शेषाचा śeṣāċā	शेषाचे śeṣāċe	शेषाची śeṣācī	शेषाच्या śeṣācā	शेषाचे, शेषाचं śeṣāċe, śeṣāċa	शेषाची śeṣācī	शेषाच्या śeṣācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	शेषांचा śeṣānċā	शेषांचे śeṣānċe	शेषांची śeṣāñcī	शेषांच्या śeṣāncā	शेषांचे, शेषांचं śeṣānċe, śeṣānċa	शेषांची śeṣāñcī	शेषांच्या śeṣāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Adjective

शेष • (śeṣ) (indeclinable)

1. remaining, pending

   Synonyms: बाकी (bākī), शिल्लक (śillak)

Further reading

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “शेष”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “शेष”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “शेष”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.

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 Sanskrit) 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)
• → Kannada: ಶೇಷ (śēṣa)
• → Malayalam: ശേഷം (śēṣaṁ)
• → Old Marathi: शेष (śeṣa)
  • Marathi: शेष (śeṣ)

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