শেঠ

Bengali

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

শেঠ • (śeṭh)

  1. an upcountry merchant

Inflection

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 Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]