Sylhet
Sylhet proper noun: a city in Bangladesh.
Proper noun
Sylhet
- A city in Bangladesh.
Sylhet meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Punjabi
Sylhet in Hindi
- a city in Bangladesh
- सिलहट silhaṭ
Sylhet in Urdu
- a city in Bangladesh
- سِلْہَٹ silhaṭ
Sylhet in Bengali
- a city in Bangladesh
- সিলেট śileṭ, সিলট śiloṭ, শিলহট śilohoṭ
Sylhet in Punjabi
- a city in Bangladesh
- ਸਿਲਹਟ silhaṭ, سِلْہَٹ silhaṭ
More languagesFewer languages
- Sylhet in Gujarati
- સિલહટ silhaṭ
- Sylhet in Sanskrit
- श्रीहट्ट śrīhaṭṭa
- Sylhet in Assamese
- ছিলঠ siloth
- Sylhet in Pashto
- سلهټ silhaṭ
- Sylhet in Arabic
- سِلْهَت silhat
- Sylhet in Persian
- سلهت selhat, سرحت, سریحت
Origin of Sylhet
Borrowed from Bengali সিলেট (śileṭ), from earlier Middle Bengali সিলহট, সিরহট (silhôṭ, sirhôṭ), itself a semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit শ্রীহট্ট (śrīhaṭṭa, “Beautiful Market”).
Words formed from Sylhet
Phrases with Sylhet
Questions about Sylhet
- What does Sylhet mean?
- Sylhet means a city in Bangladesh.
- What is Sylhet in Hindi?
- Sylhet in Hindi is सिलहट (silhaṭ). See Sylhet meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Sylhet?
- Sylhet is a proper noun.
Words near Sylhet in the dictionary
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