تماشا

Persian

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic مَشَى‎ (mašā, “to walk”) likely from Arabic تَمَشَّى‎ (tamaššā).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /tamɑːʃɑː/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /tamɑːʃɑː/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /tæmɒːʃɒː/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /tamɔʃɔ/

Noun

تماشا • (tamâšâ)

sight seeing
walking outside for recreation
beholding
looking at anything comic or tragic
an entertainment, show, theatrical representation
sport, amusement, pleasure
interest
any interesting object

Derived terms

تماشا کردن‎ (tamâšâ kardan)

Descendants

→ Armenian: թամաշա (tʿamaša)
→ Azerbaijani: tamaşa
→ Bengali: তামাশা (tamaśa)
→ Bashkir: тамаша (tamaşa)
→ Hindi: तमाशा (tamāśā)
→ Indonesian: tamasya
→ Tatar: тамаша (tamaşa)
→ Kazakh: тамаша (tamaşa)
→ Kyrgyz: тамаша (tamaşa)
→ Georgian: თამაში (tamaši)
→ Uyghur: تاماشا‎ (tamasha)
→ Urdu: تاماشا‎
→ Uzbek: tomosha

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “تماشا”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

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