طلسم

Arabic

Root
ط ل س م (ṭ l s m)
2 terms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τέλεσμα (télesma, “payment”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tˤi.lasm/

Noun

طِلَسْم or طِلَّسْم • (ṭilasm or ṭillasm) m (plural طِلَسْمَات (ṭilasmāt) or طِلَّسْمَات (ṭillasmāt) or طَلَاسِم (ṭalāsim))

enigma
talisman
seal inscribed with cryptic characters or words
(plural: طلاسم) cryptogram
Synonym: شِفْرَة (šifra, “cipher; code”)

Declension

Declension of noun **طِلَسْم** (ṭilasm)‎; **طِلَّسْم** (ṭillasm)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	طِلَسْم‎; طِلَّسْم ṭilasm‎; ṭillasm	الطِّلَسْم‎; الطِّلَّسْم aṭ-ṭilasm‎; aṭ-ṭillasm	طِلَسْم‎; طِلَّسْم ṭilasm‎; ṭillasm
nominative	طِلَسْمٌ‎; طِلَّسْمٌ ṭilasmun‎; ṭillasmun	الطِّلَسْمُ‎; الطِّلَّسْمُ aṭ-ṭilasmu‎; aṭ-ṭillasmu	طِلَسْمُ‎; طِلَّسْمُ ṭilasmu‎; ṭillasmu
accusative	طِلَسْمًا‎; طِلَّسْمًا ṭilasman‎; ṭillasman	الطِّلَسْمَ‎; الطِّلَّسْمَ aṭ-ṭilasma‎; aṭ-ṭillasma	طِلَسْمَ‎; طِلَّسْمَ ṭilasma‎; ṭillasma
genitive	طِلَسْمٍ‎; طِلَّسْمٍ ṭilasmin‎; ṭillasmin	الطِّلَسْمِ‎; الطِّلَّسْمِ aṭ-ṭilasmi‎; aṭ-ṭillasmi	طِلَسْمِ‎; طِلَّسْمِ ṭilasmi‎; ṭillasmi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	طِلَسْمَيْن‎; طِلَّسْمَيْن ṭilasmayn‎; ṭillasmayn	الطِّلَسْمَيْن‎; الطِّلَّسْمَيْن aṭ-ṭilasmayn‎; aṭ-ṭillasmayn	طِلَسْمَيْ‎; طِلَّسْمَيْ ṭilasmay‎; ṭillasmay
nominative	طِلَسْمَانِ‎; طِلَّسْمَانِ ṭilasmāni‎; ṭillasmāni	الطِّلَسْمَانِ‎; الطِّلَّسْمَانِ aṭ-ṭilasmāni‎; aṭ-ṭillasmāni	طِلَسْمَا‎; طِلَّسْمَا ṭilasmā‎; ṭillasmā
accusative	طِلَسْمَيْنِ‎; طِلَّسْمَيْنِ ṭilasmayni‎; ṭillasmayni	الطِّلَسْمَيْنِ‎; الطِّلَّسْمَيْنِ aṭ-ṭilasmayni‎; aṭ-ṭillasmayni	طِلَسْمَيْ‎; طِلَّسْمَيْ ṭilasmay‎; ṭillasmay
genitive	طِلَسْمَيْنِ‎; طِلَّسْمَيْنِ ṭilasmayni‎; ṭillasmayni	الطِّلَسْمَيْنِ‎; الطِّلَّسْمَيْنِ aṭ-ṭilasmayni‎; aṭ-ṭillasmayni	طِلَسْمَيْ‎; طِلَّسْمَيْ ṭilasmay‎; ṭillasmay
plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	طِلَسْمَات‎; طِلَّسْمَات‎; طَلَاسِم ṭilasmāt‎; ṭillasmāt‎; ṭalāsim	الطِّلَسْمَات‎; الطِّلَّسْمَات‎; الطَّلَاسِم aṭ-ṭilasmāt‎; aṭ-ṭillasmāt‎; aṭ-ṭalāsim	طِلَسْمَات‎; طِلَّسْمَات‎; طَلَاسِم ṭilasmāt‎; ṭillasmāt‎; ṭalāsim
nominative	طِلَسْمَاتٌ‎; طِلَّسْمَاتٌ‎; طَلَاسِمُ ṭilasmātun‎; ṭillasmātun‎; ṭalāsimu	الطِّلَسْمَاتُ‎; الطِّلَّسْمَاتُ‎; الطَّلَاسِمُ aṭ-ṭilasmātu‎; aṭ-ṭillasmātu‎; aṭ-ṭalāsimu	طِلَسْمَاتُ‎; طِلَّسْمَاتُ‎; طَلَاسِمُ ṭilasmātu‎; ṭillasmātu‎; ṭalāsimu
accusative	طِلَسْمَاتٍ‎; طِلَّسْمَاتٍ‎; طَلَاسِمَ ṭilasmātin‎; ṭillasmātin‎; ṭalāsima	الطِّلَسْمَاتِ‎; الطِّلَّسْمَاتِ‎; الطَّلَاسِمَ aṭ-ṭilasmāti‎; aṭ-ṭillasmāti‎; aṭ-ṭalāsima	طِلَسْمَاتِ‎; طِلَّسْمَاتِ‎; طَلَاسِمَ ṭilasmāti‎; ṭillasmāti‎; ṭalāsima
genitive	طِلَسْمَاتٍ‎; طِلَّسْمَاتٍ‎; طَلَاسِمَ ṭilasmātin‎; ṭillasmātin‎; ṭalāsima	الطِّلَسْمَاتِ‎; الطِّلَّسْمَاتِ‎; الطَّلَاسِمِ aṭ-ṭilasmāti‎; aṭ-ṭillasmāti‎; aṭ-ṭalāsimi	طِلَسْمَاتِ‎; طِلَّسْمَاتِ‎; طَلَاسِمِ ṭilasmāti‎; ṭillasmāti‎; ṭalāsimi

Related terms

مُطَلْسَم (muṭalsam)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: tilsim
→ Bashkir: тылсым (tılsım)
→ Kazakh: тылсым (tylsym)
→ French: talisman
- → Catalan: talismà
- → English: talisman
- → Finnish: talismaani
- → Galician: talismán
- → Portuguese: talismã
- → Romanian: talisman
- → Spanish: talismán
→ Georgian: თილისმა (tilisma)
→ Persian: طلسم
→ Ottoman Turkish: طلسم
- → Turkish: tılsım
→ Crimean Tatar: tılsım
→ Swahili: talasimu
→ Uyghur: تىلسىم (tilsim)
→ Uzbek: tilsim

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طِلَّسْم (ṭillasm).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ti.ˈlism/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɪ.lɪ́sm]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɪ.lɪ́sm]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰi.lísm]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰe.lésm]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰi.lísm]

Readings
Classical reading^?	tilism
Dari reading^?	tilism
Iranian reading^?	telesm
Tajik reading^?	tilism

Noun

طلسم • (tilism / telesm) (plural طلسم‌ها (tilism-hā / telesm-hâ), Tajik spelling тилисм)

Related terms

طلسم‌شده (telesm-šode)