Standard Lemma guide

Sylheti

adj · name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /sɪlˈhɛti/

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, from or pertaining to Sylhet

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Sylheti Bengali

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A member of an Indo-Aryan ethnocultural group associated with the Sylhet region in South Asia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Sylhet + -i. Compare সিলেটি (śileṭi), سِلْهَتِيّ (silhatiyy), ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ (síloṭi).

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Polish: srihotto — of or pertaining to Sylhet
  • Sylheti: ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ (síloṭi) — of or pertaining to Sylhet
  • Assamese: ছিলঠীয়া (silothia) — dialect
  • Bengali: সিলেটি (śileṭi) — dialect
  • Polish: srihotto — dialect
  • Sylheti: ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ (síloṭi) — dialect
  • Afrikaans: Siloti — language
  • Arabic: سِلْهَتِيّ (silhatiyy) — language
  • Assamese: ছিলঠীয়া (silothia) — language
  • Bengali: সিলেটি (śileṭi) — language
  • Hindi: सिलहटी (silhaṭī) — language
  • Italian: silotese — language
  • Pashto: سلهټي (silhaṭí) — language
  • Persian: سلهتی (selhati) — language
  • Polish: srihotto — language
  • Sanskrit: श्रीहट्टीय (śrīhaṭṭīya) — language
  • Sylheti: ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ (síloṭi) — language
  • Urdu: سلہٹی (silhaṭī) — language
  • Polish: Srihotto — people from Sylhet
  • Sylheti: ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ (síloṭi) — people from Sylhet