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Etymology 1 edit

Compare কটি (koti).

Noun edit

টিকা (tika)

  1. buttock
    Synonyms: কটি (koti), তপিনা (topina)
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Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ṭikk-.

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টিকা (tika) (intransitive)

  1. to last, survive, live
    এনেকৈ খেলিলে বেছি সময়লৈকে টিকিব݁ নোৱাৰা গেইমটো
    enekoi khelile besi xoimmoloike tikibo nüara geimtüt.
    If you play like this, you can not last in the video game for long.
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Bengali edit

Etymology edit

Inherited 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 had a resemblance to a tilak. Doublet of তিলক (tilok).

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টিকা (ṭika)

  1. (originally) a forehead variolation mark
  2. vaccine

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  • Hindi: टीका (ṭīkā)