Sylheti

English

Etymology

From Bengali সিলেটি (śileṭi), from Arabic سِلْهَتِيّ (silhatiyy) used by Perso-Arab traders and Mughals, from native Sylheti ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ (síloṭi), from Old Sylheti ꠍꠤꠞꠐꠤ (síroṭi).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɪlˈhɛti/

Noun

Sylheti (plural Sylhetis or Sylheti)

1. A member of an Indo-Aryan ethnocultural group associated with the Sylhet region in South Asia.

Proper noun

Sylheti

1. A language spoken in the Sylhet Division of north-eastern Bangladesh, the Barak Valley of the Indian state of Assam, North Tripura and Unakoti districts of the Indian state of Tripura.

Translations

dialect

• Arabic: سِلْهَتِيّ (silhatiyy)
• Assamese: ছিলঠীয়া (silothia),
• Bengali: সিলেটি (bn) (śileṭi),
• Hindi: सिलहटी (silhaṭī)
• Italian: silotese (it)
• Pashto: سلهټي (silhaṭí)
• Persian: سلهتی (selhati)
• Sanskrit: श्रीहट्टीय (śrīhaṭṭīya)
• Sylheti: ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ (síloṭi)
• Urdu: سلہٹی (silhaṭī)

See also

• Ethnologue entry for Sylheti, syl ⁠
• Category:Sylheti language