শেঠ

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit श्रेष्ठी (śreṣṭhī). Doublet of শ্রেষ্ঠী (sreśṭhi).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ʃeʈʰ/, [ˈʃeːʈ], [ˈʃeʈ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ʃetʰ/, [ˈʃetʰ]

Noun

শেঠ • (śeṭh)

1. an upcountry merchant

Inflection

Inflection of শেঠ
nominative	শেঠ śeṭha
objective	শেঠকে śeṭha (semantically general or indefinite) / śeṭhake (semantically definite)
genitive	শেঠের śeṭhaer
	Indefinite forms
nominative	শেঠ śeṭha
objective	শেঠকে śeṭha (semantically general or indefinite) / śeṭhake (semantically definite)
genitive	শেঠের śeṭhaer
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	শেঠটা, শেঠটি śeṭhaṭa (colloquial), śeṭhaṭi (formal)		শেঠেরা śeṭhaera
objective	শেঠটাকে, শেঠটিকে śeṭhaṭake (colloquial), śeṭhaṭike (formal)		শেঠদের(কে) śeṭhader(ke)
genitive	শেঠটার, শেঠটির śeṭhaṭar (colloquial), śeṭhaṭir (formal)		শেঠদের śeṭhader
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

References

• Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “শেঠ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]