Sylhet
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Sylhet
Where it comes from
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
- A city in Bangladesh.
Translations
Talk about this word "Sylhet." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sylhet. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Sylhet. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sylhet "Sylhet." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sylhet.Cite this
@misc{sylhet_2026,
title = {Sylhet},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sylhet},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
