तिलक mfn. (
-कः-का-कं)
1. Spotted, freckled, a person having moles or spots.
2. Chief, principal.
mn. (
-कः-कं) A mark or marks made with coloured earths or unguents upon the forehead, and between the eye-brows, either as an ornament or a sectarial distinction.
m. (
-कः)
1. A freckle, a natural mark on the person.
2. A kind of tree, commonly Tila.
3. A sort of horse.
4. A title, especially in composition, implying pre-eminence, as
रघुवंशतिलकः the Tilaka of the race of RAGHU, a name of RAMA.
n. (
-कं)
1. The bladder.
2. Black Sochal salt, a factitious salt, containing sulphur and iron, &c.
3. A disease, the appearance of dark spots on the skin, un- attended with inflammation.
f. (
-का) A kind of necklace.
E. तिल sesamum, &c.
कन् added, or
तिल् to go or be unctuous, and
क्वुन् aff.
ROOTS:
तिल कन् तिल् क्वुन्