Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sylhet

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English

Syllables
syl-het
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in Bangladesh.

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: সিলহট, সিরহট, श्रीहट्ट

Derived Forms

Sylheti

Phrases

Sylhet lime Sylhet Region Sylhet Trough

Questions

What does sylhet mean?
A city in Bangladesh.
Where does sylhet come from?
It is traced to Sanskrit.

How to pronounce sylhet

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