Tikan (תיקן) means cockroach in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
cockroach
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Tikan.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1בעל חיים ממערכת פרוקי הרגליים המשתייך למשפחת החרקים. התיקנים נפוצים מאוד בערים ובצמוד לבני האדם.
The word Tikan is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- תִּיקָן
- Written without vowel points
- תיקן
- Said
- tikan
- Root
- ת־י־ק
- Plural
- תִּיקָנִים
- Inflections
- ר' תִּיקָנִים; תִּיקַן־, ר' תִּיקָנֵי־
- Gematria
- 560
This is how Tikan is said in other languages.
- English
- cockroach
- Russian
- таракан
- French
- blatte, cafard, cancrelat, coquerelle
- Spanish
- cucaracha
- German
- Schabe, Kakerlake
These words mean nearly the same as Tikan.
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Tikan.
The word Tikan comes from the root ת־י־ק, like these words.
These words come before and after Tikan in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Tikan.
What does Tikan (תיקן) mean in Hebrew?
Tikan (תיקן) means cockroach. It is said tikan, with the stress on kan.
What is a synonym for Tikan (תיקן)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Tikan (תיקן) are ג'וק and מקק.
What rhymes with Tikan (תיקן)?
Words that rhyme with Tikan (תיקן) include זמן, חמצן, מימן, לבן, עניין, and פחמן.
Is Tikan (תיקן) masculine or feminine?
The word Tikan (תיקן) is a masculine noun, and its plural is תִּיקָנִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry תיקן of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.