ਸੇਠਣ

Punjabi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [seːʈʰəɳᵊ]

Noun

ਸੇਠਣ • (seṭhaṇ) f (Shahmukhi spelling سیٹھن)

1. wife of a merchant

Declension

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

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