tikka
1 Britishnoun
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another word for tilak
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the act of marking a tikka on the forehead
adjective
Etymology
Origin of tikka
from Hindi tika , Punjabi tikka spot, mark
Example Sentences
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Among them were a chicken tikka pie, a pie flower salmon chaï-matchaï, a Caribbean-style jerk spiced turkey pie with cranberry sauce and a butternut and malabar pie.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2025
Not just chaat and chai, Chatpata By Kanishka merges East-meets-West food with dishes like its paneer tikka burger.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2024
For lunch, she had a wrap with zero calorie garlic mayonnaise sauce on top, while dinner consisted of a low calorie chicken tikka curry.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2024
Using tongs, grab 5 to 7 chunks of chicken tikka and distribute the pieces over the chana masala.
From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2024
The menu was pretty much the same as it was in Portland, except for a seafood sub and a chicken tikka masala sub.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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