"Sylhet" meaning in All languages combined

See Sylhet on Wiktionary

Proper name [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”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|bn|সিলেট}} Borrowed from Bengali সিলেট (śileṭ), {{der|en|inc-mbn|সিলহট, সিরহট|tr=silhôṭ, sirhôṭ}} Middle Bengali সিলহট, সিরহট (silhôṭ, sirhôṭ), {{der|en|sa|श्रीहट्ट|শ্রীহট্ট|t=Beautiful Market}} Sanskrit শ্রীহট্ট (śrīhaṭṭa, “Beautiful Market”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Sylhet
  1. A city in Bangladesh. Wikipedia link: Sylhet Categories (place): Cities in Bangladesh, Places in Bangladesh Derived forms: Sylhet lime, Sylhet Region, Sylhet Trough Translations (a city in Bangladesh): سِلْهَت (silhat) (Arabic), ছিলঠ (siloth) (Assamese), সিলেট (śileṭ) (Bengali), সিলট (śiloṭ) [archaic] (Bengali), শিলহট (śilohoṭ) [archaic] (Bengali), সিলট (silôṭ) (Bishnupriya Manipuri), 錫爾赫特 /锡尔赫特 (Xī'ěrhètè) (Chinese Mandarin), સિલહટ (silhaṭ) (Gujarati), सिलेट (sileṭ) (Hindi), सिलहट (silhaṭ) (Hindi), シレット (Shiretto) (Japanese), 실렛 (Sillet) (Korean), Sirote (Latin), سلهټ (silhaṭ) (Pashto), سلهت (selhat) (Persian), سرحت (Persian), سریحت (Persian), ਸਿਲਹਟ (silhaṭ) [Gurmukhi, masculine] (Punjabi), سِلْہَٹ (silhaṭ) [Shahmukhi, masculine] (Punjabi), Си́лхет (Sílxet) [masculine] (Russian), سِلْہَٹ (silhaṭ) [masculine] (Urdu)
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