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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit तिलक (tilaka).
Pronunciation
Noun
तिलक • (tilak) m (Urdu spelling تلک)
- an ornament, embellishment
- (Hinduism) a tilak (mark normally on the forehead; Hindu ritual used to welcome)
Declension
Declension of तिलक (masc cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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direct
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तिलक tilak
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तिलक tilak
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oblique
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तिलक tilak
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तिलकों tilakõ
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vocative
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तिलक tilak
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तिलको tilako
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Old Gujarati
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit तिलक (tilaka).
Noun
तिलक • (tilaka) m
- 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
Noun
तिलक • (tilaka) stem, m
- a freckle (compared to a sesamum seed)
- (Hinduism) a mark on the forehead (made with coloured earths, sandal-wood, or unguents, either as an ornament or a sectarial distinction)
- the ornament of anything (in compositions)
Descendants
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