![]() In recent times, it has come to be known as Sylhet i Nagri although this name was not used in the classical manuscripts such as Pohela Kitab by Muhammad Abdul Latif. Hence, Sylhet Nagri denotes from the abode or city of Sylhet. Nagri means "of or pertaining to an abode (nagar)". Sylhet is the name of the region in which the script was primarily used and originated from. Sylhet Nagri is a compound of " Sylhet" ( ꠍꠤꠟꠐ) and " nāgrī" ( ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤ). Printing presses for Sylheti Nagri existed as late as into the 1970s, and in the 2000s, a Unicode font was created for the script. In the course of the 20th century, it has lost much ground to the standardised Eastern Nagari script. The script was historically used in areas of Bengal and Assam that were east of the Padma, primarily in the eastern part of the Sylhet region, to document Muslim religious poetry known as puthis having no presence in formal documentations. Sylheti Nagri or Sylheti Nagari ( Sylheti: ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤ, ISO: Silôṭi Nagri, pronounced ), known in classical manuscripts as Sylhet Nagri ( ꠍꠤꠟꠦꠐ ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤ, Sileṭ Nagri) as well as by many other names, was an Indic script of the Brahmic family. ![]()
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