English Explanatory Dictionary

tamasha

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A visual art form from Maharashtra, India, involving singing and dancing.
  2. Any traditional indigenous public ceremony.

Word forms

tamasha tamashas tomasha tumasha

Etymology

Borrowed from Marathi तमाशा (tamāśā), from Classical Persian تماشا (tamāšā), ultimately from Arabic مَشَى (mašā, “to walk”).

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