English Explanatory Dictionary

Sylhet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city in Bangladesh.

Word forms

Sylhet

Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali সিলেট (śileṭ), from earlier Middle Bengali সিলহট, সিরহট (silhôṭ, sirhôṭ), itself a semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit শ্রীহট্ট (śrīhaṭṭa, “Beautiful Market”).

Derived words

Sylheti Sylhet lime Sylhet Region Sylhet Trough
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