Sanskrit

Noun

तिलक • ‎(tilaka) m

1. A freckle (compared to a sesamum seed).
2. (Hinduism) A mark on the forehead (made with coloured earths, sandal-wood, or unguents, either as an ornament or a sectarial distinction).
3. The ornament of anything (in compositions).

Descendants

• Telugu: తిలకము ‎(tilakamu)

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0448