A person from the North-Eastern district of Bangladesh and people of such descent. Sylhetis have a lot of pride in their Bengali sub-culture. They are hard working people who remember their roots whilst keeping up with the modern world as best they can.
A dialect of the Bengali language spoken by people of the North-Eastern district of Bangladesh and by people who are of such descent.
A dialect of the Bengali language spoken by people of the North-Eastern district of Bangladesh and by people who are of such descent.
Guy: Yo, where you off to man?
Sylheti Guy: I'm off to prayer man, then I have to head home or my mom will wait up.
Guy: Damn. Respect and kudos to you bro. You are one true Sylheti.
Sylheti Guy: I'm off to prayer man, then I have to head home or my mom will wait up.
Guy: Damn. Respect and kudos to you bro. You are one true Sylheti.
by Elmo's Number One Fan October 28, 2011
A person originating from the Northeastern town of Sylhet in Bangladesh. Sylheti also refers to the dialect of Bangla these people speak there. You will find Sylhetis in almost every corner of the planet and especially in London, Birmingham, UK and in New York, USA.
Sylhetis tend to dislike non-sylhetis of all type, especially other Bangladeshis who they refer to as Noakhali or Dhakkaiya irrespective of where these people actually come from. They consider non-sylheti Bangladeshis to be selfish, untrustworthy and lacking their own considerable generosity, especially to strangers. A Sylheti generally thinks other Bangladeshis to be scroungers who are sponging off their incomes and their natural resources and who should be kept as far away from as is possible. As you can imagine, other Bangladeshis are not too fond of Sylhetis.
Sylhetis tend to dislike non-sylhetis of all type, especially other Bangladeshis who they refer to as Noakhali or Dhakkaiya irrespective of where these people actually come from. They consider non-sylheti Bangladeshis to be selfish, untrustworthy and lacking their own considerable generosity, especially to strangers. A Sylheti generally thinks other Bangladeshis to be scroungers who are sponging off their incomes and their natural resources and who should be kept as far away from as is possible. As you can imagine, other Bangladeshis are not too fond of Sylhetis.
Are you Sylheti?
by Mak33 March 20, 2010
The Sylhetis are an Indo-Aryan ethnocultural group that are associated with the Sylhet region in South Asia, specifically in northeast of Bengal presently divided between the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh, and the Karimganj district of Assam, India. Sylheti is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by an estimated 11 million people, primarily in the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh, the Barak Valley and Hojai district of Assam, and North Tripura and Unakoti district of Tripura, India. It is a member of the Bengali-Assamese languages, and is called either a dialect of Bengali or a separate language. Although linguists consider it an independent language, for many speakers, it forms the diglossic vernacular while standard Bengali forms the codified lect. Historically, it was written with the Sylhet Nagri alphabet but now commonly uses the Bengali alphabet.
"He is Sylheti"
"I am eating Sylheti salad"
"Do you speak Sylheti?"
"He is from Sylhet"
"It is written in Sylheti"
"I am eating Sylheti salad"
"Do you speak Sylheti?"
"He is from Sylhet"
"It is written in Sylheti"
by mo1456 November 22, 2021
People who are originally from India and came to the Bangladesh region when India was under British control. These people are not native people of Bangladesh, they are from India.
I think he's Sylheti.
by Bangladesh History Teacher September 13, 2020
People who are originally from India and came to the Bangladesh region when India was under British control. These people are not native people of Bangladesh, they are from India.
Yo is he Sylheti?
by Bangladesh History Teacher September 13, 2020