Sylhet

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali সিলেট (śileṭ), from earlier Middle Bengali সিলহট, সিরহট (silhôṭ, sirhôṭ), itself a semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit শ্রীহট্ট (śrīhaṭṭa, “Beautiful Market”)

Proper noun

Sylhet

A city in Bangladesh.

Translations

a city in Bangladesh

Arabic: سِلْهَت (silhat)
Assamese: ছিলঠ (siloth)
Bengali: সিলেট (bn) (śileṭ), সিলট (śiloṭ) (archaic), শিলহট (śilohoṭ) (archaic)
Bishnupriya Manipuri: সিলট (silôṭ)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 錫爾赫特／锡尔赫特 (zh) (Xī'ěrhètè)
Gujarati: સિલહટ (silhaṭ)
Hindi: सिलेट (hi) (sileṭ), सिलहट (hi) (silhaṭ)
Japanese: シレット (Shiretto)
Korean: 실렛 (Sillet)
Latin: Sirote
Pashto: سلهټ (silhaṭ)
Persian: سلهت (selhat), سرحت, سریحت
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਸਿਲਹਟ m (silhaṭ)

Shahmukhi: سِلْہَٹ m (silhaṭ)
Russian: Си́лхет m (Sílxet)
Urdu: سلہٹ m (silhaṭ)

Anagrams

ethyls, lythes, shelty

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