Sylheti

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /sɪlˈhɛti/

Adjective

Sylheti (not comparable)

1. Of, from or pertaining to Sylhet

Translations

of or pertaining to Sylhet

• Sylheti: ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ (síloṭi)

Noun

Sylheti (plural Sylhetis or Sylheti)

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

people from Sylhet

• Sylheti: ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ (síloṭi)

Proper noun

Sylheti

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.

   Synonym: Sylheti Bengali

Translations

dialect

• Assamese: ছিলঠীয়া (silothia)
• Bengali: সিলেটি (bn) (śileṭi)
• Sylheti: ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ (síloṭi)

language

• Afrikaans: Siloti
• 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

References

“sylheti, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.