Sylhetin.adj.

/sɪlˈhɛti/

Forms: Formerly also Sylhetti, (in sense A. 2) Sylhettia.

Etymology: < Sylhet, the name of a city in north-eastern Bangladesh + -i suffix².

A. n.

1. A native or inhabitant of the Sylhet region.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Bangladesh > [noun]

Sylheti1868

Bangladeshi1971

1868 Princ. Heads Hist. & Statistics Dacca District (Calcutta) 283 One of the chief characteristics of a Sylheti is his inordinate love of litigation.

1987 Independent 21 Jan. 8/6 During the First World War, the British Merchant Navy recruited Sylhetis to work in the engine rooms.

2. The dialect of Bengali spoken there.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Indic > Eastern

Oriya1801

Assamese1814

Bengali1848

Sylheti1903

Bangla1955

1903 G. A. Grierson Ling. Surv. 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.

1908 Imperial Gazetteer India (new ed.) XXIII. 193 The local dialect known as Sylhetī differs materially from the language spoken in Bengal proper.

B. adj.

Of or pertaining to the Sylheti or their language.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Bangladesh > [adjective]

Sylheti1970

Bangla1971

Bangladeshi1975

the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Indic > eastern Indian

Assamese1815

Nepali1885

Sylheti1970

1970 S. N. H. Rizvi E. Pakistan Distr. Gazetteers: Sylhet (Govt. E. Pakistan) xi. 304 Here are a few specimens of the ‘Sylheti Dialect’.

1987 Independent 21 Jan. 8/8 Sylheti immigrants..came to Britain.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	sylheti
释义	Sylhetin.adj. /sɪlˈhɛti/ Forms: Formerly also Sylhetti, (in sense A. 2) Sylhettia. Etymology: < Sylhet, the name of a city in north-eastern Bangladesh + -i suffix². A. n. 1. A native or inhabitant of the Sylhet region. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Bangladesh > [noun] Sylheti1868 Bangladeshi1971 1868 Princ. Heads Hist. & Statistics Dacca District (Calcutta) 283 One of the chief characteristics of a Sylheti is his inordinate love of litigation. 1987 Independent 21 Jan. 8/6 During the First World War, the British Merchant Navy recruited Sylhetis to work in the engine rooms. 2. The dialect of Bengali spoken there. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Indic > Eastern Oriya1801 Assamese1814 Bengali1848 Sylheti1903 Bangla1955 1903 G. A. Grierson Ling. Surv. 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. 1908 Imperial Gazetteer India (new ed.) XXIII. 193 The local dialect known as Sylhetī differs materially from the language spoken in Bengal proper. B. adj. Of or pertaining to the Sylheti or their language. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Bangladesh > [adjective] Sylheti1970 Bangla1971 Bangladeshi1975 the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Indic > eastern Indian Assamese1815 Nepali1885 Sylheti1970 1970 S. N. H. Rizvi E. Pakistan Distr. Gazetteers: Sylhet (Govt. E. Pakistan) xi. 304 Here are a few specimens of the ‘Sylheti Dialect’. 1987 Independent 21 Jan. 8/8 Sylheti immigrants..came to Britain. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.adj.1868
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