tamashbeen

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noun

spectator; onlooker; sightseer

OriginHindi तमाशबीन ← Urdu تماشبین ← Persian تماشا →
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Meanings

nountamashbeen (plural tamashbeens)

plural tamashbeens · alternative tamashbin

  1. IndiaPakistanspectator; onlooker; sightseer

    The police stood by like tamashbeens (spectators) watching the carnage. They had been tipped off not to interfere but let looters and killers teach hapless men, women and children a lesson they would never forget.

    2017, Khushwant Singh, The End of India

Origin

  1. Persianتماشا
  2. Urduتماشبین
  3. Hindiतमाशबीन
  4. Englishtamashbeen

Borrowed from Hindi तमाशबीन (tamāśbīn)/Urdu تماشبین. From तमाशा (tamāśā, “spectacle”) + -बीन (-bīn, suffix concerning vision), from Persian تماشا + بین.

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tamashbeen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tamashbeen

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Chicago

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