Sylheti

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, from or pertaining to Sylhet
noun
  1. A member of an Indo-Aryan ethnocultural group associated with the Sylhet region in South Asia.
name
  1. A language or a dialect of Bengali spoken in the Sylhet Division of north-eastern Bangladesh, the Barak Valley of the Indian state of Assam and some parts of the Indian state of Tripura.

Pronunciation

/sɪlˈhɛti/

Word forms

Sylheti Sylhetis

Etymology

From Sylhet + -i. Compare সিলেটি (śileṭi), سِلْهَتِيّ (silhatiyy), ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ (síloṭi).

Synonyms

Related words

syl ⁠
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