# शेष
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शेष (śeṣa).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʃeːʂ/, [ʃeːʃ]

### Noun

शेष • (śeṣ) m
* residue, result
* end, finish
* (mathematics) remainder in division

#### Declension
### Adjective

शेष • (śeṣ) (indeclinable)
* 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: /ɕeʂ/

### Noun

शेष • (śeṣ) m
* remnant, residue
* (mathematics) remainder in division

#### Declension
### Adjective

शेष • (śeṣ) (indeclinable)
* 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

* 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: /ɕɐj.ʂɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɕeː.ʂɐ/

### Noun

शेष • (śeṣa) stem, m or n
* that which is saved or spared or allowed to escape, residue, leaving, surplus, balance
* end, issue, conclusion, finish, result
* last, last-mentioned
* a supplement, appendix
* a keepsake, token of remembrance
* secondary matter, accident
* death, destruction

#### 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
* name of a celebrated mythological thousand-headed serpent regarded as the emblem of eternity
* name of one of the Prajapits
* name of a muni
* name of one of the mythical elephants that support the earth
* 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