shetty

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proper noun

A surname from Kannada.

OriginKannada ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ →
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Meanings

shetty1

nounshetty (plural shetties)

plural shetties

  1. Multicultural London EnglishalternativeslangAlternative form of chete (“knife”).

    "He went on to a back road where there was nobody there," he adds, "so what I did is, I pulled out the shetty [machete] on him… [It] was roughly 23 inches.

    2023' December 5, Tir Dhondy, Exposing violent watch thieves and their young female 'spotters (BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67608184)

Shetty2

proper nounShetty (plural Shettys)

plural Shettys

  1. A surname from Kannada.

Origin

  1. Kannadaಶೆಟ್ಟಿ
  2. EnglishShetty

Borrowed from Kannada ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ (śeṭṭi).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Tethysstythe
Cite this entry
APA

shetty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shetty

MLA

“shetty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shetty. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shetty,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shetty.

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