ਸੇਠ

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit श्रेष्ठिन् (śreṣṭhin). Doublet of ਸੇਠਣ (seṭhaṇ) and ਸੇਠਣੀ (seṭhṇī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [seːʈʰᵊ]

Noun

ਸੇਠ • (seṭh) m (Shahmukhi spelling سیٹھ)

1. a wholesale merchant, banker
2. a complimentary title given to Persians, Marwaris and others.

Declension

Declension of ਸੇਠ
dir. sg.	ਸੇਠ (seṭh)
dir. pl.	ਸੇਠ (seṭh)
	singular	plural
direct	ਸੇਠ (seṭh)	ਸੇਠ (seṭh)
oblique	ਸੇਠ (seṭh)	ਸੇਠਾਂ (seṭhā̃)
vocative	ਸੇਠਾ (seṭhā)	ਸੇਠੋ (seṭho)
ablative	ਸੇਠੋਂ (seṭhõ)	—
locative	ਸੇਠੇ (seṭhe)	ਸੇਠੀਂ (seṭhī̃)
instrumental	ਸੇਠੇ (seṭhe)	ਸੇਠੀਂ (seṭhī̃)

References

• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਸੇਠ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.