Etymology

Sylhet

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Today it means: A city in Bangladesh. Full definition →

Bengali সিলেট ← inc-mbn সিলহট, সিরহট ← Sanskrit শ্রীহট্ট
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The story

  1. Sanskrit · derived fromশ্রীহট্ট“Beautiful Market”
  2. inc-mbn · derived fromসিলহট, সিরহট
  3. Bengali · borrowed fromসিলেট
  4. English todaySylhet

Borrowed from Bengali সিলেট (śileṭ), from earlier Middle Bengali সিলহট, সিরহট (silhôṭ, sirhôṭ), itself a semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit শ্রীহট্ট (śrīhaṭṭa, “Beautiful Market”).

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