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sylheti

/sɪlˈhɛti/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
syl-heti
IPA
/sɪlˈhɛti/
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, from or pertaining to Sylhet

noun

A member of an Indo-Aryan ethnocultural group associated with the Sylhet region in South Asia.

name

A language or a dialect of Bengali spoken in the Sylhet Division of north-eastern Bangladesh, the Barak Valley of the Indian state of Assam and some parts of the Indian state of Tripura.

Etymology

From Sylhet + -i. Compare সিলেটি (śileṭi), سِلْهَتِيّ (silhatiyy), ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ (síloṭi).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Sylhetis (plural)

Phrases

non-Sylheti Sylheti Cockney syl ⁠

Frequently Paired Words

syl ⁠

Synonyms

Sylheti Bengali

Rhymes With

petty betty spaghetti sweaty getty machete bette jetty confetti yeti hetty nettie

Questions

How do you pronounce sylheti?
The recorded pronunciation is /sɪlˈhɛti/.
What does sylheti mean?
Of, from or pertaining to Sylhet
Where does sylheti come from?
From Sylhet + -i. Compare সিলেটি (śileṭi), سِلْهَتِيّ (silhatiyy), ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ (síloṭi).

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