Sylheti

English

Etymology

From Bengali সিলেটি (śileṭi).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɪlˈhɛti/

Noun

Sylheti (plural Sylhetis or Sylheti)

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

Proper noun

Sylheti

A language or a dialect of Bengali spoken in the Sylhet Division of north-eastern Bangladesh and the Barak Valley of the Indian state of Assam.
Synonym: Sylheti Bengali

Translations

dialect

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

See also

Ethnologue entry for Sylheti, syl ⁠
Category:Sylheti language

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