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tika

British  
/ ˈtiːkə /

noun

  1. a variant of tikka 2

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By 1952, the menu had items such as chicken korma, chicken vindaloo, "tika khabab" and poppadums.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026

While competing, his forehead was marked with a vermilion tika, a Hindu symbol of power and purity.

From New York Times • May 30, 2024

I had my camera, my small coconut and a powdery red tika on my forehead.

From The Guardian • Mar. 27, 2010

At dawn following the Deutschland bombing, five Nazi warships flying Swas tika battle flags from their main trucks drew up off the harbor entrance.

From Time Magazine Archive

That’s the way I wish to be married, and afterwards I would get your priest to give us his marriage, so that I might be tika in the eyes of the Pakeha people.”

From The Tale of Timber Town by Grace, Alfred A. (Alfred Augustus)