श्रेष्ठिन्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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

From श्रेष्ठ (śreṣṭha) +‎ -इन् (-in), literally “having the best”.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɾɐjʂ.ʈʰin/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɾeːʂ.ʈʰin̪/

Noun

श्रेष्ठिन् • (śreṣṭhin) stem, m

1. The head or president of a mercantile or other guild
2. distinguished man

Declension

Masculine in-stem declension of श्रेष्ठिन् (śreṣṭhin)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	श्रेष्ठी śreṣṭhī	श्रेष्ठिनौ / श्रेष्ठिना¹ śreṣṭhinau / śreṣṭhinā¹	श्रेष्ठिनः śreṣṭhinaḥ
Vocative	श्रेष्ठिन् śreṣṭhin	श्रेष्ठिनौ / श्रेष्ठिना¹ śreṣṭhinau / śreṣṭhinā¹	श्रेष्ठिनः śreṣṭhinaḥ
Accusative	श्रेष्ठिनम् śreṣṭhinam	श्रेष्ठिनौ / श्रेष्ठिना¹ śreṣṭhinau / 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
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: seṭṭhin
• Prakrit: 𑀲𑁂𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺 (sĕṭṭhi), 𑀲𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺 (siṭṭhi), 𑀲𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺𑀡𑀻 (siṭṭhiṇī)
  • Central:
    • Awadhi: सेठि (seṭhi)
    • Hindustani: seṭh, seṭhan
      • Hindi: सेठ, सेठन
      • Urdu: سیٹھ, سیٹھَن
  • Eastern:
    • Bengali: শেঠ (śeṭh)
    • Bihari:
      • Bhojpuri: सेठि (sēṭhi)
    • Odia: ସେଠି (seṭhi)
  • Northern:
    • Kumaoni: शेठ (śēṭh)
    • Nepali: सेठ (seṭh)
  • Northwestern:
    • Punjabi: seṭhi, seṭhaṇ, seṭhaṇī

      Gurmukhi script: ਸੇਠ, ਸੇਠਣ, ਸੇਠਣੀ

      Shahmukhi script: سیٹھ, سیٹھن, سیٹھنی

    • Sindhi: seṭhi

      Arabic script: سيٺِ

      Devanagari script: सेठि

  • Southern:
    • Marathi: शेठ (śeṭh), शेठी (śeṭhī), शेट (śeṭ), शेटी (śeṭī)
    • Sinhalese: සිටු (siṭu), හිටු (hiṭu)
  • Western:
    • Gujarati: શેઠ (śeṭh), શેઠિયો (śeṭhiyo)

References

• 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