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{{wikt|Sethi|Sethis}}
{{infobox caste
| caste_name = Sethi
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| jati = [[Khatri]]
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| religions =[[File:Khanda.svg|15px]] [[Sikhism]], [[File:Om.svg|15px]] [[Hinduism]], [[File:Star and Crescent.svg|18px]] [[Islam]]
| languages = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| country = [[India]], [[Pakistan]]
| region = [[Punjab]]
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'''Sethi''' is a surname that is found among the Punjabi Khatris of India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Hanks |first=Patrick |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vG7MZ9J6dAgC |title=Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set |date=2003-05-08 |publisher=Oxford University Press, USA |isbn=978-0-19-508137-4 |language=en}}</ref> They are a part of [[Khukhrain]] sub-caste among the Khatris which also includes the clans of [[Anand (surname)|Anand]], [[Bhasin (surname)|Bhasin]] [[Chadha]], [[Kohli]], [[Ghai]], [[Sahni]], Sethi, (Sawhney) and [[Suri (name)|Suri]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gupta |first=Shilpy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vsBTFEC_mdkC&dq=kohli+sahni+suri+sabharwal&pg=PA121 |title=Human Rights Among Indian Populations: Knowledge, Awareness and Practice |date=2009 |publisher=Gyan Publishing House |isbn=978-81-212-1015-7 |language=en}}</ref> The surname is also found among [[Arora]] which is another sub-caste of [[Khatri]]s.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hanks |first=Patrick |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FJoDDAAAQBAJ&q=dictionary+american+names+sethi |title=Dictionary of American Family Names |date=2003-05-08 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-977169-1 |pages=325 |language=en}}</ref> Historian Kamal Shankar Srivastava writes that all Khukrains including Sethis were originally found near the banks of Indus and Jhelum river especially in the towns of [[Pind Dadan Khan]], [[Peshawar]] and [[Nowshera District|Nowshera]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Srivastava |first=Kamal Shankar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HEQwAQAAIAAJ&q=sabharwal+pind+dadan+khan |title=Origin and Development of Class and Caste in India |date=1998 |publisher=Sangeeta Prakashan |language=en}}</ref>{{pn|date=March 2023}}

Sethi is derived from the word "Sreshta" meaning "Pure" or "Superior" .<ref>{{Cite book |last=Puri |first=Baij Nath |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ytuAAAAMAAJ&q=baij+nath+puri+sethi |title=The Khatris, a Socio-cultural Study |date=1988 |publisher=M.N. Publishers and Distributors |language=en}}</ref> Many Sethi Khatris adopted [[Sikhism]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dilagīra |first=Harajindara Siṅgha |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mRpuAAAAMAAJ&q=khukhrain+khatris |title=The Sikh Reference Book |date=1997 |publisher=Sikh Educational Trust for Sikh University Centre, Denmark |isbn=978-0-9695964-2-4 |language=en}}</ref>{{pn|date=March 2023}}

== Notable people ==
* [[Akshay Sethi]] (born 1980), Indian television actor
* [[Aman Sethi]], Indian journalist and writer
* [[Ali Sethi]], Pakistani singer and author
* [[Arjun Sethi (entrepreneur)]], Indian American entrepreneur, investor and executive
* [[Arjun Singh Sethi]], Indian American civil rights writer and lawyer
* [[Geet Sethi]], Indian billiards player
* [[Kiran Sethi]], Indian police officer
* [[Mira Sethi]] Pakistani Actress.
* [[Najam Sethi]] Senior Pakistani Journalist and former Chief Minister of Punjab Province in Pakistan during a caretaker Government, Chairman of [[Pakistan Cricket Board]] in 2022
* [[Nargis Sethi]] Senior Pakistani civil servant
* [[P. G. Sethi|Prem Gopal "Biloo" Sethi]], Indian golfer
* [[Parmeet Sethi]], Indian actor
* [[Pramod Karan Sethi]], Indian orthopaedic surgeon and coinventor of the Jaipur leg
* [[Rajeev Sethi]], Indian art curator, scenographer and designer
* [[Rakesh Sethi (banker)|Rakesh Sethi]], Indian banker
* [[Ram Sethi]], Indian actor-director-writer
* [[Ramesh Sethi]], Kenyan cricketer
* [[Ramit Sethi]], American entrepreneur and self proclaimed personal finance adviser
* [[Ravi Sethi]], Indian computer scientist
* [[Ricky J. Sethi]], Indian-American computational scientist
* [[Suresh P. Sethi]], American mathematician and economist known for the Sethi model
* [[Vikas Sethi]], Indian actor

==See also==
*[[Sethia (surname)]]
*[[Seth (surname)]]
*[[Sheth]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Indian surnames]]
[[Category:Pakistani names]]
[[Category:Surnames of Indian origin]]
[[Category:Punjabi tribes]]
[[Category:Arora clans]]
[[Category:Khatri clans]]
[[Category:Khatri surnames]]
[[Category:Punjabi-language surnames]]
[[Category:Hindu surnames]]

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