तिलक

See also: तालिका and तलाक़

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तिलक (tilaka).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪ɪ.lək/, [t̪ɪ.lɐk]

Noun

तिलक • (tilak) m (Urdu spelling تلک)

1. an ornament, embellishment
2. (Hinduism) a tilak (mark normally on the forehead; Hindu ritual used to welcome)

Declension

Declension of तिलक (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तिलक tilak	तिलक tilak
oblique	तिलक tilak	तिलकों tilakõ
vocative	तिलक tilak	तिलको tilako

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तिलक (tilaka).

Noun

तिलक • (tilaka) m

1. tilak

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• তিলক (Assamese script)
• ᬢᬶᬮᬓ (Balinese script)
• তিলক (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰰𑰩𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑀺𑀮𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• တိလက (Burmese script)
• તિલક (Gujarati script)
• ਤਿਲਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑌿𑌲𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦶꦭꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂱𑂪𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ತಿಲಕ (Kannada script)
• តិលក (Khmer script)
• ຕິລກ (Lao script)
• തിലക (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᡳᠯᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘱𑘩𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠢᠯᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑧒𑧉𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐶𑐮𑐎 (Newa script)
• ତିଲକ (Odia script)
• ꢡꢶꢭꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆴𑆬𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖰𑖩𑖎 (Siddham script)
• තිලක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫𑩑𑩽𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚮𑚥𑚊 (Takri script)
• திலக (Tamil script)
• తిలక (Telugu script)
• ติลก (Thai script)
• ཏི་ལ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒱𑒪𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑨁𑨬𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ti.lɐ.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪i.l̪ɐ.kɐ/

Noun

तिलक • (tilaka) stem, m

1. a freckle (compared to a sesamum seed)
2. (Hinduism) a mark on the forehead (made with coloured earths, sandal-wood, or unguents, either as an ornament or a sectarial distinction)
3. the ornament of anything (in compositions)

Descendants

• → Telugu: తిలకము (tilakamu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “तिलक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0448.