तिल til
Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.
How to read the transliteration
This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.
| ISO 15919 | On this site |
|---|---|
| c | ch |
| ś | śh |
| ṣ | ṣh |
| r̥ | r̥i |
A few reading pointers:
- ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
- ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
- A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.
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Earlier definition
Definition
Sesame, sesame seed.
Usual translation
- sesame seed
Origin of the definition
S تل तिल til , s.m. The sesamum plant, Sesamum indicum; the seed of the sesamum, oil-seed; a black spot or speck (as the focus of solar rays through a burning glass); a mole or a black spot (on the face, compared to a seed of sesamum); the pupil of the eye; a small particle or portion, the least bit (as much as a sesamum-seed); a moment or instant; — a kind of sweetmeat ( = til-kuṭ; til-kī miṭhāʼī).
Usage in the murlis
Murlis of the day (and original sakar)
20 occurrences
In 7 on 2386 murlis
Avyakts
16 occurrences
In 3 on 1112 murlis
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- Thursday 5 May 2022
- Updated
- Thursday 22 May 2025