Etymology
People belonging to Konkani Daivajna community are commonly known as Shet (Śeṭ),who inhabit the west coastal region of India.The word Shet is a corrupt form of the word Śreṣṭha (Devanagari:श्रेष्ठ) or Śreṣṭhin (Devanagari:श्रेष्ठीन्) meaning superior Prakritised as Śeṭ(Devanagari: शेट) or Śeṭī (Devanagari: शेट) or sometimes Seṭhī (Devanagari:सेठी) . The guilds of the traders,merchants and their employees (who were mainly artisans,craftsman,husbandman etc. )in ancient Goa,like the other parts in India,were called as Śreṇī,and the head of these guilds were called as Śreṣṭh or Śreṣṭhī,which would mean His Excellency.
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