| 释义 |
Sylheti, n. and a.|sɪlˈhɛtɪ|
Formerly also Sylhetti, (in sense A. b) Sylhettia.
[f. Sylhet, the name of a city in north-eastern Bangladesh + -i2.]
A. n.
a. A native or inhabitant of the Sylhet region.
b. The dialect of Bengali spoken there.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to the Sylheti or their language.
1868Princ. Heads Hist. & Statistics Dacca District (Calcutta) 283 One of the chief characteristics of a Sylheti is his inordinate love of litigation. 1903G. A. Grierson Linguistic Survey India V. i. 224 The dialect spoken in Sylhet Town and in the North and North-East of the District is that which Europeans call Sylhettia. 1908Imperial Gazetteer India (new ed.) XXIII. 193 The local dialect known as Sylheti differs materially from the language spoken in Bengal proper. 1970S. N. H. Rizvi E. Pakistan Distr. Gazetteers: Sylhet (Govt. E. Pakistan) xi. 304 Here are a few specimens of the ‘Sylheti Dialect’. 1987Independent 21 Jan. 8/6 During the First World War, the British Merchant Navy recruited Sylhetis to work in the engine rooms. Ibid. 8/8 Sylheti immigrants..came to Britain. |