tilak

English

People wearing tilaks at a Hindu wedding

Alternative forms

• teeka, tika, tikka, tilaka, tilka

Etymology

From Sanskrit तिलक (tilaka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪlək/
• Rhymes: -ɪlək

Noun

tilak (plural tilaks)

1. A mark or symbol worn on the forehead by Hindus, ornamentally or as an indication of status.
   • 2001, Yann Martel, Life of Pi:

     I wore these spots of shine and silver like tilaks, the marks of colour that we Hindus wear on our foreheads as symbols of the divine.

   • 2012 April 30, Jake Halpern, “The Secret of the Temple”, in The New Yorker:

     He dressed in a dhoti, had a wispy white beard that trailed down to his waist, and regularly smeared across his forehead a tilaka, a pitchfork-shaped design that signifies enlightenment.

Translations

symbol worn on the forehead

• Bengali: please add this translation if you can
• Gujarati: તિલક (tilak)
• Hindi: तिलक (hi) (tilak), टीका (hi) (ṭīkā)
• Kannada: ತಿಲಕ್ (tilak)
• Malayalam: tilakam
• Marathi: टिळक (ṭiḷak)
• Nepali: तिलक (tilak), टीका (ne) (ṭīkā)
• Newar: सिन्हः (sinha:)
• Odia: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: tilaka f
• Portuguese: tilaka f
• Punjabi: ਤਿਲਕ (pa) m (tilak)
• Rajasthani: तिलक (tilak), टीकौ (ṭīkau)
• Russian: ти́лака (ru) f (tílaka), ти́лак m (tílak)
• Sanskrit: तिलक (sa) (tilaka)
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Telugu: తిలకము (te) (tilakamu)
• Urdu: تلک (tilak), ٹیکا (ṭīkā)

Anagrams

• latik, talik, tilka

Maranao

Adjective

tilak

1. smooth

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya