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সিলেট

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Bengali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Sylhet, from Sylheti ꠍꠤꠟꠐ (síloṭo). Displaced native সিলট (śiloṭ). Cognate with Assamese চিলেট (silet), Bishnupriya Manipuri সিলেট.

Pronunciation

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /sileʈ/, [ˈsileʈ], /ʃileʈ/, [ˈʃileʈ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /silet/, [ˈsilet], /ʃilet/, [ˈʃilet]
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Noun

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সিলেট (sileṭ)

  1. Sylhet (a city in Bangladesh).
    Synonym: শ্রীহট্ট (srihoṭṭo)

Derived terms

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Bishnupriya Manipuri

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Sylhet, from Sylheti ꠍꠤꠟꠐ (síloṭo). Cognate with Assamese চিলেট (silet), Bengali সিলেট (śileṭ).

Noun

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সিলেট (sileṭ)

  1. Sylhet (a city in Bangladesh).