Meanings
adjectiveSylheti (not comparable)
- not comparableOf, from or pertaining to Sylhet
nounSylheti (plural Sylhetis or Sylheti)
plural Sylhetis
- A member of an Indo-Aryan ethnocultural group associated with the Sylhet region in South Asia.
proper noun
- A language or a dialect of Bengali spoken in the Sylhet Division of north-eastern Bangladesh, the Barak Valley of the Indian state of Assam and some parts of the Indian state of Tripura.
Synonyms: Sylheti Bengali
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA language or a dialect of Bengali spoken in the Sylhet Division of north-eastern Bangladesh, the Barak Valley of the Indian state of Assam and some parts of the Indian state of Tripura.
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Origin
From Sylhet + -i. Compare সিলেটি (śileṭi), سِلْهَتِيّ (silhatiyy), ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ (síloṭi).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Siloti
- Silotilanguage
Arabic سِلْهَتِيّ
- سِلْهَتِيّ (silhatiyy)language
Bengali সিলেটি, সিলেটি
- সিলেটি (śileṭi)dialect
- সিলেটি (śileṭi)language
Hindi सिलहटी
- सिलहटी (silhaṭī)language
Italian silotese
- siloteselanguage
Persian سلهتی
- سلهتی (selhati)language
Polish srihotto, Srihotto
- srihottoof or pertaining to Sylhet
- Srihottopeople from Sylhet
- srihottodialect
- srihottolanguage
Urdu سلہٹی
- سلہٹی (silhaṭī)language
Rhymes & wordplay
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APA
Sylheti. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sylheti
MLA
“Sylheti.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sylheti. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sylheti,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sylheti.
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