سلہٹ

Borrowed from Urdu سِلْہَٹ (silhaṭ).

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /sɪl˦.əʈᵊ/

سِلْہَٹ • (silhaṭ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਿਲਹਟ)

1. Sylhet (a city in Bangladesh)

Borrowed from Bengali শিলহট (śilohoṭ), archaic form of সিলেট (śileṭ), ultimately from Sanskrit [Term?].

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sɪl.ɦəʈ/
• Rhymes: -əʈ
• Hyphenation: سِلْ‧ہَٹْ

سِلْہَٹ • (silhaṭ) m (Hindi spelling सिलेट)

1. Sylhet (a city in Bangladesh)
   • Ikram Basra, Koi Tagore Ki Kawita Hai:

     تجھ کو سلہٹ میں سوچ کر لکھا

     tujh ko silhaṭ mein soch kar likkhā

     I wrote to you thoughtfully in Sylhet.

2. (by extension) Sylhet District (a district of Bangladesh)

   Synonym: ضلع سلہٹ (ẓilaʻ silhaṭ)

3. (by extension) Sylhet Division (a division of Bangladesh)

• → Punjabi: سِلْہَٹ (silhaṭ)
• → Pashto: سلهټ (silhaṭ)