تماشا
Azerbaijani
Noun
تماشا
- Arabic spelling of təmaşa
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian تماشا (tamâšâ).
Noun
تماشا • (temaşa)
Related terms
- تماشی (temaşi)
Descendants
- Turkish: temaşa
Persian
Etymology
From earlier تماشی (tamâši, “walking together, walking with someone”), from Arabic تَمَاشٍ (tamāšin), verbal noun of تَمَاشَى (tamāšā).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ta.maː.ˈʃaː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰä.mɑː.ʃɑː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰæ.mɒː.ʃɒː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰä.mɔ.ʃɔ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | tamāšā |
| Dari reading? | tamāšā |
| Iranian reading? | tamâšâ |
| Tajik reading? | tamošo |
Audio (Iran): (file)
Noun
| Dari | تماشا |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | тамошо |
تماشا • (tamâšâ)
- (archaic) promenade, walking outside for recreation
- sight, seeing, beholding, watching, looking at something entertaining (e.g. a show or a play, whether comic or tragic)
- an entertainment, show, spectacle, theatrical representation
- sport, amusement, pleasure
- interest
- any interesting object
Derived terms
- تماشا کردن (tamâšâ kardan)
- تماشائی (tamâšâ'i)
- تماشاخانه (tamâšâxâne)
- تماشاگر (tamâšâgar)
Descendants
- → Armenian: թամաշա (tʻamaša)
- → Azerbaijani: təmaşa, tamaşa
- → Bengali: তামাশা (tamaśa)
- → Bashkir: тамаша (tamaşa)
- → Georgian: თამაში (tamaši)
- → Hindustani:
- → Indonesian: tamasya
- → Kazakh: тамаша (tamaşa)
- → Kyrgyz: тамаша (tamaşa)
- → Marathi: तमाशा (tamāśā)
- → Ottoman Turkish: تماشا (temaşa)
- Turkish: temaşa
- → Pashto: تماشا
- → Punjabi:
- → Sindhi: تماشو
- → Swahili: tamasha
- → Tatar: тамаша (tamaşa)
- → Turkmen: tomaşa
- → Uyghur: تاماشا (tamasha)
- → Uzbek: tamosho, tomosha
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “تماشا”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
Urdu
Alternative forms
- تماشہ (tamāśah)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian تماشا (tamāšā), ultimately from Arabic مَشَى (mašā, “to walk”). Compare Bengali তামাশা (tamaśa).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t̪ə.mɑː.ʃɑː/
- Hyphenation: تَ‧ما‧شا
Noun
تَماشا • (tamāśā) m (Hindi spelling तमाशा)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | تَماشا (tamāśā) | تَماشے (tamāśe) |
| oblique | تَماشے (tamāśe) | تَماشوں (tamāśõ) |
| vocative | تَماشے (tamāśe) | تَماشو (tamāśo) |
Synonyms
- (fun): عیش ('aiś)
Further reading
- “تماشا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.