MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Tilak mean?
Tilaka denotes an ornamental mark, especially one placed on the forehead. Sanskrit also uses it figuratively for an ornament or distinction within a group.
Pronunciation
IAST: tilaka
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
तिलक
Letter-by-letter: tilaka
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਤਿਲਕ
Conventional spelling
Bengali
তিলক
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Tilak in Indian usage
57,523 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (95.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 2,738 records (4.8%).
- Recorded as male: 54,785 records (95.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,540 |
| 1940s | 4,331 |
| 1950s | 7,771 |
| 1960s | 11,849 |
| 1970s | 12,835 |
| 1980s | 11,885 |
| 1990s | 6,898 |
| Other decades | 414 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 15,045 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 7,881 |
| Punjab | 7,652 |
| Haryana | 5,328 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 4,736 |
| Bihar | 3,691 |
| Jharkhand | 3,290 |
| Delhi | 2,855 |
| Assam | 2,064 |
| Maharashtra | 1,703 |
| Rajasthan | 934 |
| Uttarakhand | 793 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 516 |
| Chandigarh | 315 |
| Sikkim | 218 |
| Other states | 502 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Wiktionary: तिलक ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
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