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tilka

tilka is the alternative form of tilak.

Meaning of tilak

Noun

tilak (plural tilaks)

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

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Forms of tilka

pluraltilkas

Questions about tilka

What is tilka the alternative form of?
Tilka is the alternative form of tilak.

Words near tilka in the dictionary

  1. tiliroside
  2. tilis
  3. tilisolol
  4. tilivallin
  5. tilivalline
  6. tilka
  7. tilkas
  8. till
  9. till all hours
  10. till date
  11. till death do us part

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tilka (page history and authors); tilak (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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