tamashbeen

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Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

tamashbeen (plural tamashbeens)

  1. (India, Pakistan) spectator; onlooker; sightseer
    • 2017, Khushwant Singh, The End of India:
      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.
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