श्रेष्ठिन्
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- শ্ৰেষ্ঠিন্ (Assamese script)
- ᬰ᭄ᬭᬾᬱ᭄ᬞᬶᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
- শ্রেষ্ঠিন্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰿𑰨𑰸𑰬𑰿𑰙𑰰𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑁆𑀭𑁂𑀱𑁆𑀞𑀺𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ၐြေၑ္ဌိန် (Burmese script)
- શ્રેષ્ઠિન્ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼੍ਰੇਸ਼੍ਠਿਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍇𑌷𑍍𑌠𑌿𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦿꦺꦰ꧀ꦜꦶꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂹𑂩𑂵𑂭𑂹𑂘𑂱𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠಿೝ (Kannada script)
- ឝ្រេឞ្ឋិន៑ (Khmer script)
- ຨ຺ເຣຩ຺ຐິນ຺ (Lao script)
- ശ്രേഷ്ഠിന് (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᡵᡝᢢᡱᡳᠨ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘹𑘬𑘿𑘙𑘱𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠷᠧᢔᢍᠢᠨ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧠𑧈𑧚𑧌𑧠𑦹𑧒𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑑂𑐬𑐾𑐲𑑂𑐛𑐶𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠିନ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢯ꣄ꢬꢾꢰ꣄ꢝꢶꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑇀𑆫𑆼𑆰𑇀𑆜𑆴𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖿𑖨𑖸𑖬𑖿𑖙𑖰𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ශ්රෙෂ්ඨින් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿 𑪙𑩼𑩔𑪀 𑪙𑩧𑩑𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚶𑚤𑚲𑚶𑚕𑚮𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஶ்ரேஷ்டி²ந் (Tamil script)
- శ్రేష్ఠిౝ (Telugu script)
- ศฺเรษฺฐินฺ (Thai script)
- ཤྲེ་ཥྛི་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑓂𑒩𑒹𑒭𑓂𑒚𑒱𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑩇𑨫𑨄𑨯𑩇𑨕𑨁𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]From श्रेष्ठ (śreṣṭha) + -इन् (-in), literally “having the best”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]श्रेष्ठिन् • (śreṣṭhin) stem, m
- The head or president of a mercantile or other guild
- distinguished man
Declension
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | श्रेष्ठी (śreṣṭhī) | श्रेष्ठिनौ (śreṣṭhinau) श्रेष्ठिना¹ (śreṣṭhinā¹) |
श्रेष्ठिनः (śreṣṭhinaḥ) |
| vocative | श्रेष्ठिन् (śreṣṭhin) | श्रेष्ठिनौ (śreṣṭhinau) श्रेष्ठिना¹ (śreṣṭhinā¹) |
श्रेष्ठिनः (śreṣṭhinaḥ) |
| accusative | श्रेष्ठिनम् (śreṣṭhinam) | श्रेष्ठिनौ (śreṣṭhinau) श्रेष्ठिना¹ (śreṣṭhinā¹) |
श्रेष्ठिनः (śreṣṭhinaḥ) |
| instrumental | श्रेष्ठिना (śreṣṭhinā) | श्रेष्ठिभ्याम् (śreṣṭhibhyām) | श्रेष्ठिभिः (śreṣṭhibhiḥ) |
| dative | श्रेष्ठिने (śreṣṭhine) | श्रेष्ठिभ्याम् (śreṣṭhibhyām) | श्रेष्ठिभ्यः (śreṣṭhibhyaḥ) |
| ablative | श्रेष्ठिनः (śreṣṭhinaḥ) | श्रेष्ठिभ्याम् (śreṣṭhibhyām) | श्रेष्ठिभ्यः (śreṣṭhibhyaḥ) |
| genitive | श्रेष्ठिनः (śreṣṭhinaḥ) | श्रेष्ठिनोः (śreṣṭhinoḥ) | श्रेष्ठिनाम् (śreṣṭhinām) |
| locative | श्रेष्ठिनि (śreṣṭhini) | श्रेष्ठिनोः (śreṣṭhinoḥ) | श्रेष्ठिषु (śreṣṭhiṣu) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
[edit]- Pali: seṭṭhin
- Prakrit: 𑀲𑁂𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺 (sĕṭṭhi), 𑀲𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺 (siṭṭhi), 𑀲𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺𑀡𑀻 (siṭṭhiṇī)
- Central:
- Eastern:
- Northern:
- Northwestern:
- Southern:
- Western:
References
[edit]- Apte, Macdonell (2022) “श्रेष्ठिन्”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
- Monier Williams (1899) “श्रेष्ठिन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1102, column 3.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śreṣṭhin”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press