tamasha
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tamasha
1680–90; < Urdu < Persian tamāshā a stroll < Arabic
Example Sentences
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No ghostly batsmen, no nostalgia: this is cricket as spectacle: tamasha, as they say in India.
From Newsweek
Wondering whether the tamasha had ended in a tumult, Desmond was about to seek his couch, when, just beneath him, as it seemed, he heard a voice--a feeble cry for help.
From In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India by Strang, Herbert
Remember there is to be no tamasha to-night, thou son of destiny.
From Son of Power by Comfort, Will Levington
That tamasha was a maze of strange colour, strange motion and stranger perfume to Skag; not penetrating his conscious nature at all—feeling unreal to him.
From Son of Power by Comfort, Will Levington
After we've dined I'm going to show you some Indian tamasha.
From The Three Sapphires by Fraser, W. A.
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