طلسم

Arabic

Root
ط ل س م (ṭ-l-s-m)

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))

1. enigma
2. talisman
3. seal inscribed with cryptic characters or words
4. (plural: طلاسم) cryptogram

   Synonym: شِفْرَة (šifra, “cipher; code”)

Declension

Declension of noun طِلَسْم (ṭilasm)‎; طِلَّسْم (ṭillasm)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	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
	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).

Noun

طلسم • (telesm) (plural طلسم‌ها (telesm-hâ))

1. enigma
2. talisman
3. cryptic characters or words

Related terms

• طلسم‌شده (telesm-šode)