Unnumbered source etymology
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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA surname.
Indian surname, spelling variant of Seth, of Hindu, Jain, and Parsi origin, all from derivatives of Sanskrit श्रेष्ठिन् (śreṣṭhin, “banker, head of a guild”).
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- Derivation mentionश्रेष्ठिन्sa · banker, head of a guild
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