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Hindi
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Bengali টিকা (ṭika), from Sanskrit तिलक (tilaka, “tilak”). In medieval Bengal, among many techniques, variolaters would make an incision upon the forehead, in which smallpox powder was rubbed. Such marks were known as টিকা (ṭika) on account of the resemblance to a tilak. Compare also the borrowed टीकादार (ṭīkādār).
Noun
टीका • (ṭīkā) m (Urdu spelling ٹیکا)
- a forehead variolation mark
- variolation
- vaccination
- vaccine
Declension
Declension of टीका (masc ā-stem)
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Sanskrit टीका (ṭīkā).
Noun
टीका • (ṭīkā) f (Urdu spelling ٹیکا)
- commentary (eg. of a book)
Declension
Declension of टीका (fem ā-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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टीका
ṭīkā
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टीकाएँ
ṭīkāẽ
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| oblique
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टीका
ṭīkā
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टीकाओं
ṭīkāõ
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| vocative
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टीका
ṭīkā
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टीकाओ
ṭīkāo
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Nepali
Pronunciation
Noun
टीका • (ṭīkā)
- tilak; a mark or symbol worn on one's forehead.
- (day of) Vijayadashami
References
- “टीका”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
Further reading
- Schmidt, Turner (2022) “टीका”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Nepali Dictionaries]
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- টীকা (Assamese script)
- ᬝᬷᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
- টীকা (Bengali script)
- 𑰘𑰱𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀝𑀻𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ဋီကာ (Burmese script)
- ટીકા (Gujarati script)
- ਟੀਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌟𑍀𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦛꦷꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂗𑂲𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಟೀಕಾ (Kannada script)
- ដីកា (Khmer script)
- ຏີກາ (Lao script)
- ടീകാ (Malayalam script)
- ᢞᡳᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘘𑘲𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᢌᠢᠢᢉᠠᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦸𑧓𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐚𑐷𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଟୀକା (Odia script)
- ꢜꢷꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆛𑆵𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖘𑖱𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ටීකා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩦𑩑𑩛𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚔𑚯𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
- டீகா (Tamil script)
- టీకా (Telugu script)
- ฏีกา (Thai script)
- ཊཱི་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒙𑒲𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨔𑨁𑨊𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps a post-Vedic form of शिक्षा (śikṣā, “study; knowledge”); the consonant shift from ś > ț is also seen in टक्किबुद्ध (ṭakkibuddha, “Takkibuddha”). Alternatively, derived from दीपिका (dīpikā, “light, lamp”).
Pronunciation
Noun
टीका • (ṭīkā) stem, f
- a commentary (esp. on another commentary), gloss
Declension
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “टीका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 430/1.
- Apte, Macdonell (2022) “टीका”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 224
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 458