Surname · Hindi
सेठ
सेठ (seṭh) is a surname from Sauraseni Prakrit, ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian. It is used in Hindi.
HindiWritten in Devanagari script. In English: seṭh.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
सेठ comes from Sauraseni Prakrit, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑁂𑀝𑁆𑀞, from Sanskrit श्रेष्ठ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćráyHištHas.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
सेठ’s family of names
In Hindi usage, सेठ as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with श्रेष्ठ. In Hindi usage, सेठ as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as seṭh. In Hindi usage, सेठ as a surname has a transliteration in seṭh.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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