As a Hindi name
टीका · noun · masculine
वह चिह्न जो उँगली में गीला चंदन, रोली, केस, मिट्टी आदि पोतकर मस्तक, बाहु आदि अंगों पर श्रृंगार आदि या सांप्रदायिक संकेत के लिये लगाया जाता है । तिलक · विवाह स्थिर होने की रीति जिसमें कन्यापक्ष के लोग वर के माथे में तिलक लगाते हैं और कुछ द्रव्य वरपक्ष के लोगों को देते हैं । इस रीति के हो चुकने पर विवाह का होना निश्चित समय माना जाता है । तिलक · दोनों भौं के बीच माथे का मध्य भाग (जहाँ टीका लगाते हैं) — Śabdasāgara
टीका · noun · feminine
किसी वाक्य, पद या ग्रंथ का अर्थ स्पष्ट करनेवाला वाक्य या ग्रंथ । व्याख्या । अर्थ का विवरण । विवृत्ति । जैसे, रामायण की टीका, सतसई की टीका — Śabdasāgara
टीका · ṭīkā · s.m.
Small round mark (or marks) made on the forehead and between the eyebrows (of coloured earth or unguents, and intended either for ornament or for sectarial distinction (the mark is commonly made at the ceremony of betrothal, or at that of installation to an office, &c; or when one is setting out on a journey, or a pilgrimage, or is about to undertake an enterprise); an ornamental patch of gold, or silver, or tinsel, &c., or a jewel, worn on the forehead; a small round mark or patch made on any part of the body — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 367
टीका · ṭīkā · s.f.
A commentary, annotation, gloss — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 367
टीका · masculine
a forehead variolation mark; variolation; vaccination; vaccine
टीका · feminine
commentary (eg. of a book)
Cited formation "टीका" is टीक + -आ: टीक means "An ornament (as a gold patch, &c.), worn on the neck or head", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "टीका" is टीकना + -आ: टीकना means "स॰", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word, derived from the Sanskrit तिलक — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“From Bengali টিকা (ṭika), 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 were known as টিকা (ṭika) on account of the resemblance to a tilak. Com…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
tilaka m. (g. sthūlādi) Clerodendrum phlomoides (Symplocos racemosa, L.), MBh. &c.
a freckle (compared to a sesamum-seed), VarBṛS. l, 9; lii, 10; Kathās.
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi टीका — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit टीका (ṭīkā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
ṭīkā f. a commentary (esp. on another Comm., e.g. Ānanda-giri's ṭīkā on Śaṃkara's bhāṣya).
ṭīkā [ṭīkyate gamyate graṃthārtho'nayā] A commentary, gloss; kāvyaprakāśasya kṛtā gṛhe gṛhe ṭīkā tathāpyeṣa tathaiva durgamaḥ.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a commentary (esp. on another Comm., e.g. Ānanda-giri's ṭīkā on Śaṃkara's bhāṣya).
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ṭīkā f. a commentary (esp. on another Comm., e.g. Ānanda-giri's ṭīkā on Śaṃkara's bhāṣya).
ṭīkā [ṭīkyate gamyate graṃthārtho'nayā] A commentary, gloss; kāvyaprakāśasya kṛtā gṛhe gṛhe ṭīkā tathāpyeṣa tathaiva durgamaḥ.
ṭīkā f. (-kā) A commentary. E. ṭīka to go, affix aṅ and ṭāp; by which the sense of the text proceeds.
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