सेठ سیٹھ ♣ Eng. Creon

सेठ سیٹھ ♣ Eng. Creon

[sēṭʰ], m. a prosperous merchant.

[◀MIA: Pk. seṭṭhi-, siṭṭhi- m., °iṇī- f. ʻguild-masterʼ; Pa. seṭṭhin- m. ʻguild-masterʼ ◀OIA śrēṣṭhin- m. ʻdistinguished manʼ AitBr., ʻforeman of a guildʼ, °nī- f. ʻhis wifeʼ Hariv. <śrḗṣṭha- ʻmost splendid, bestʼ RV. <śrīˊ- f. ʻlight, beautyʼ RV., ʻwelfare, richesʼ AV. ◀PIE *k̂rei- ‘to appear, show forth’] ♣[=PIE▶⋯→Eng. Creon ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0709; (Turner, 1966) 12726, 12725, 12708; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 722; (MW, 1899) 1102, 1098; (Pokorny, 1959) 0618; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.669, 2.665