Punjabi

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ਸੇਠ (seṭhm (Shahmukhi spelling سیٹھ)

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

Declension

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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

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