সিলেট
Bengali
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Alternative forms
- সিলট (śiloṭ)
Etymology
Borrowed from English Sylhet, from Sylheti ꠍꠤꠟꠐ (síloṭo). Displaced native সিলট (śiloṭ). Cognate with Assamese চিলেট (silet), Bishnupriya Manipuri সিলেট.
Pronunciation
- (Rarh) IPA(key): /sileʈ/, [ˈsileʈ], /ʃileʈ/, [ˈʃileʈ]
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- (Dhaka) IPA(key): /silet/, [ˈsilet], /ʃilet/, [ˈʃilet]
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Noun
সিলেট • (sileṭ)
- Sylhet (a city in Bangladesh)
- Synonym: শ্রীহট্ট (srihoṭṭo)
Derived terms
- সিলেটি (sileṭi)
- সিলেটিয়া (sileṭiẏa)
- সিলেটীয় (sileṭiya)
Bishnupriya Manipuri
Etymology
Borrowed from English Sylhet, from Sylheti ꠍꠤꠟꠐ (síloṭo). Cognate with Assamese চিলেট (silet), Bengali সিলেট (śileṭ).
Noun
সিলেট (sileṭ)
- Sylhet (a city in Bangladesh)