Punjabi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit श्रेष्ठिन् (śreṣṭhin). Doublet of ਸੇਠ (seṭh) and ਸੇਠਣੀ (seṭhṇī).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ਸੇਠਣ (seṭhaṇf (Shahmukhi spelling سیٹھن)

  1. wife of a merchant

Declension

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Declension of ਸੇਠਣ
dir. sg. ਸੇਠਣ (seṭhaṇ)
dir. pl. ਸੇਠਣਾਂ (seṭhṇā̃)
singular plural
direct ਸੇਠਣ (seṭhaṇ) ਸੇਠਣਾਂ (seṭhṇā̃)
oblique ਸੇਠਣ (seṭhaṇ) ਸੇਠਣਾਂ (seṭhṇā̃)
vocative ਸੇਠਣੇ (seṭhṇe) ਸੇਠਣੋ (seṭhṇo)
ablative ਸੇਠਣੋਂ (seṭhṇõ)
locative ਸੇਠਣੇ (seṭhṇe) ਸੇਠਣੀਂ (seṭhṇī̃)
instrumental ਸੇਠਣੇ (seṭhṇe) ਸੇਠਣੀਂ (seṭhṇī̃)

References

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