Meanings
proper noun
- A city in Bangladesh.
Origin
- Sanskritশ্রীহট্ট“Beautiful Market”
- inc-mbnসিলহট, সিরহট
- Bengaliসিলেট
- EnglishSylhet
Borrowed from Bengali সিলেট (śileṭ), from earlier Middle Bengali সিলহট, সিরহট (silhôṭ, sirhôṭ), itself a semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit শ্রীহট্ট (śrīhaṭṭa, “Beautiful Market”).
More words from Bengali, inc-mbn, Sanskrit
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic سِلْهَت
- سِلْهَت (silhat)a city in Bangladesh
Bengali সিলেট, সিলট
- সিলেট (śileṭ)a city in Bangladesh
- সিলট (śiloṭ)a city in Bangladesh
- শিলহট (śilohoṭ)a city in Bangladesh
Chinese Mandarin 錫爾赫特 /锡尔赫特, 錫萊特 /锡莱特
- 錫爾赫特 /锡尔赫特 (Xī'ěrhètè)a city in Bangladesh
- 錫萊特 /锡莱特 (Xīláitè)a city in Bangladesh
Hindi सिलहट
- सिलहट (silhaṭ)a city in Bangladesh
Japanese シレット
- シレット (Shiretto)a city in Bangladesh
Korean 실렛
- 실렛 (Sillet)a city in Bangladesh
Latin Sirote
- Sirotea city in Bangladesh
Persian سلهت, سرحت
- سلهت (selhat)a city in Bangladesh
- سرحتa city in Bangladesh
- سریحتa city in Bangladesh
Polish Srihotto
- Srihottoa city in Bangladesh
Punjabi ਸਿਲਹਟ, سِلْہَٹ
- ਸਿਲਹਟ (silhaṭ)a city in Bangladesh
- سِلْہَٹ (silhaṭ)a city in Bangladesh
Russian Си́лхет
- Си́лхет (Sílxet)a city in Bangladesh
Urdu سِلْہَٹ
- سِلْہَٹ (silhaṭ)a city in Bangladesh
Cite this entry
APA
Sylhet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sylhet
MLA
“Sylhet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sylhet. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sylhet,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sylhet.
Source: Sylhet on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.