तिलस्म

Hindi

Alternative forms

• तिलिस्म (tilisma)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian طلسم (tilism, tilasm), from Arabic طِلَّسْم (ṭillasm).

Noun

तिलस्म • (tilasma) m (Urdu spelling طلسم)

1. talisman, charm
2. work or creation of magic
   1. an enchanted object
   2. mystical device or characters
3. magic spell, enchantment

Derived terms

• तिलस्म तोड़ना (tilasma toṛnā)
• तिलस्म-बंद (tilasma-band)

 

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तिलस्म”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press