Sylheti
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English
Etymology
From Bengali সিলেটি (śileṭi), from Arabic سِلْهَتِيّ (silhatiyy) used by Perso-Arab traders and Mughals, from native Sylheti ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ (síloṭi), from Old Sylheti ꠍꠤꠞꠐꠤ (síroṭi).
Pronunciation
Noun
Sylheti (plural Sylhetis or Sylheti)
- A member of an Indo-Aryan ethnocultural group associated with the Sylhet region in South Asia.
Proper noun
Sylheti
- A language spoken in the Sylhet Division of north-eastern Bangladesh, the Barak Valley of the Indian state of Assam, North Tripura and Unakoti districts of the Indian state of Tripura.
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