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tamashbeen

tamashbeen noun: spectator; onlooker; sightseer.

Noun

tamashbeen (plural tamashbeens)

  1. (India, Pakistan) spectator; 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

Forms of tamashbeen

pluraltamashbeens
alternative formtamashbin

Origin of tamashbeen

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

Questions about tamashbeen

What does tamashbeen mean?
Tamashbeen means spectator; onlooker; sightseer.
What part of speech is tamashbeen?
Tamashbeen is a noun.
What is the plural of tamashbeen?
The plural of tamashbeen is tamashbeens.

Words near tamashbeen in the dictionary

  1. tamarugite
  2. tamas
  3. Tamases
  4. tamasha
  5. tamashas
  6. tamashbeen
  7. tamashbeens
  8. Tamashek
  9. Tamasheq
  10. Tamashiro
  11. Tamashiros

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