different between masala vs tikka

English

Etymology

Hindustani ????? (mas?l?) / ?????? (mas?l?, “spice(s)”), from Persian ?????? (masâlih, “affairs, materials, spices”), plural of ?????? (maslahat, “affair, policy, best thing to do”), both from Arabic, derived from ??????? (?ala?a, “be fit, competent, usable”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??l?

Noun

masala (countable and uncountable, plural masalas)

1. Any of many blends of spices used in Indian cuisine, most often containing cardamom, coriander, mace together with pepper, nutmeg, fennel seeds, jeera etc.

Usage notes

• The term is often used in the names of individual dishes.

Derived terms

• garam masala
• tikka masala

Anagrams

• Salaam, Salama, salaam

Romanian

Etymology

From Greek ??????? (masalás), from Ottoman Turkish ?????? (me?'ale), from Arabic ?????.

Noun

masala f (plural masalale)

1. (dated) torch

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t?k.?/, /ti?.k?/
• Rhymes: -?k? or Rhymes: -i?k?

Etymology 1

From Hindi ?????? (?ikk?)/Urdu ?????? (?ikka), ultimately from Persian ???? (tikka).

Noun

tikka (countable and uncountable, plural tikkas)

1. A marinade made from various aromatic spices usually with a yoghurt base; often used in Indian cuisine prior to grilling in a tandoor.

Derived terms

• tikka masala

See also

• tandoori

Etymology 2

Noun

tikka (plural tikkas)

1. Alternative form of tika

Anagrams

• ikkat

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tikka, probably of recent imitative origin. Related to Estonian tikk, Ingrian tikka, Livvi tikku, Veps tik and Votic tikka. The sense "dart" is likely by analogy with the sharp, pointed beak of a woodpecker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tik??/, [?t?ik??]
• Rhymes: -ik??
• Syllabification: tik?ka

Noun

tikka

1. woodpecker (bird in the family Picidae)
2. dart (sharp-pointed missile used in the games of darts and tikanheitto)

Declension

Hyponyms

• (bird of the family Picidae): in addition to all birds ending in -tikka: afrikantikkanen, käenpiika, palokärki, poimija, tikkanen, tulikärki, tulitöyhtö, töyhtöpoimija

Derived terms

• Tikkanen
• tikkanen

Compounds

Anagrams

• Kitka, kakit, katki, kikat, kitka, takki

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tikka. Cognates include Finnish tikka and Estonian tikk.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa, Soikkola, Ylä-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /?tik??/
• Hyphenation: tik?ka

Noun

tikka (genitive tikan, partitive tikkaa)

1. woodpecker (bird of the genus Picus)

Declension

References

• V. I. Junus (1936) I?oran Keelen Grammatikka?^[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 59
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 585

Karelian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish Finnish tikka

Noun

tikka

1. woodpecker

Maltese

Etymology

Probably inherited from dialectal Arabic ?????? (takka, “one, piece, morsel, bit, tad”), from Persian ???? (tekke), provided that the borrowing into Arabic happened early enough. Otherwise an independent onomatopoeia could not be ruled out; compare English tick (“checkmark; short moment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?k.ka/

Noun

tikka f (plural tikek)

1. point, dot, spot
2. (often in negation) a bit, a little

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• tikket

Verb

tikka

1. inflection of tikke:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle