tikka

noun

tik·​ka ˈti-kə How to pronounce tikka (audio)
: an Indian dish of marinated meat cooked on a skewer

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Tandoori Pizza is best known for combining classic Indian dishes, like tandoori chicken, malai paneer, curry chicken and chicken tikka and serving it on a pizza crust, the website showed. Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 17 June 2026 At North Street, the menu blends Indian and Mexican flavors with dishes like curry queso and chicken tikka masala tacos. Jill Robbins, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2026 Her take-out biryani, coconut shrimp and chicken tikka are rooted in family recipes from Kolkata. Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026 This restaurant, like so many recent high-profile openings, is part of the genuinely thrilling wave of South Asian restaurants arguing for regional precision, pushing back against decades of commodity Indian cuisine, the culture- and geography-flattening tikka masalas and garlic naans. Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 31 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for tikka

Word History

Etymology

Hindi & Urdu tikkā small piece of meat, from Persian tikka

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tikka was in 1955

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“Tikka.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tikka. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.

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