As a Hindi name
तालिक · noun · masculine
फैली हुई हथेली · चपत । तमाचा · नत्थी या तागा जिससे भिन्न भिन्न बिषयों के तालपत्र या कागज बँधे हों — Śabdasāgara
तालिक · tālika · s.m.
Clapping the hands together ( = tālī) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 306
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a cover for binding a parcel of papers or a manuscript
Verified derivationMultiple readings (9)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "tālika" is the vocative of "tālikā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "tālika" is derived from "tāli" with the ṭhak/ṭhan/ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
tāli f. = tāḍi, L.
Flacourtia cataphracta, L., Sch.
tālika m. the palm of the hand, L. (v.l. for ˚kā s.v. ˚laka)
a cover for binding a parcel of papers or a manuscript, L.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
tālika m. the palm of the hand, L. (v.l. for ˚kā s.v. ˚laka)
a cover for binding a parcel of papers or a manuscript, L.
v.l. for ˚laka, q.v.
tālika mf. (-kaḥ-kā) The open palm of the hand. m. (-kaḥ) A tie, a seal, a string, &c. binding a letter or parcel of papers. f. (-kā) A plant: see tālamūlī. E. tāla as above, and kan affix.
tālikā f. (ikā) the palm of the hand, Hariv. 9920
= ˚la-vādya, Pañcat. ii, 5, 6
tāli f. = tāḍi, L.
Flacourtia cataphracta, L., Sch.
Alternative readings
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