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Definition of Tikkas
1. tikka [n] - See also: tikka
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tikkas
Literary usage of Tikkas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary by Ibn Khallikān (1843)
"... with on« thousand silk tikkas (4), and an immense quantity of clothes, furniture,
musical instruments (5), books and curiosities. ..."
2. The Hindî Manual: Comprising a Grammar of the Hindî Language Both Literary by Frederic Pincott (1882)
"Hind ke logon ko tikkas -q-^V pasand nahin. The people of India do not have to
pay many taxes. — Hind ke logon ko bahut mahsul nahin dene parte. ..."
3. A Sketch of the History of Orissa from 1803 to 1828: With Appendices by George Toynbee (1873)
"The expression is still common, and finds vent at the imposition of every new
tikkas—"I cannot remain here; I must fly to the ..."
4. The Report on the Census of Oudh by J. Charles Williams (1869)
"V. As stated above there was a very general impression that the object was to
impose a " tikkas." And in one or two places, ..."
5. Report of the Land Revenue Settlement of the Dera Ismail Khan District of by Punjab Settlement Commissioner's Office, H. St. George Tucker (1879)
"If the entertainment of a Kotwal was made compulsory, his dues would have to be
more strictly defined, and would soon come to be looked on as a tikkas. ..."
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