तिलस्म

Hindi

Alternative forms

तिलिस्म (tilisma)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (tilism, tilasm), from Arabic طِلَّسْم (ṭillasm).

Noun

तिलस्म • (tilasma) m (Urdu spelling طلسم)

talisman, charm
work or creation of magic
1. an enchanted object
2. mystical device or characters
magic spell, enchantment

Derived terms

तिलस्म तोड़ना (tilasma toṛnā)
तिलस्म-बंद (tilasma-band)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तिलस्म”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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