Shetya, Śēṭyā, Śeṭyā: 4 definitions

Introduction:

Shetya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit terms Śēṭyā and Śeṭyā can be transliterated into English as Setya or Shetya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

śēṭyā (शेट्या).—m (śēṭa) An officer in a mart or commercial town. He has the superintendence and regulation of the weights and measures and of the traffic, Prefect of the market.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

śēṭyā (शेट्या).—m An officer in a mart or commercial town.

context information

Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śetya (शेत्य):—mfn. = śetavya, [Tāṇḍya-brāhmaṇa] ([Scholiast or Commentator])

[Sanskrit to German]

Shetya in German

context information

Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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