tamasha

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Marathi तमाशा (tamāśā), from Classical Persian تماشا (tamāšā), ultimately from Arabic مَشَى (mašā, “to walk”). === Noun === tamasha (countable and uncountable, plural tamashas) A visual art form from Maharashtra, India, involving singing and dancing. c.1885, A.L.O.E. The Wondrous Sickle We had fine clothes, and feasting, and drum-beating, and fireworks let off in our village. It was a grand tamasha! (colonial India, historical) Any traditional indigenous public ceremony. ==== Alternative forms ==== tomasha, tumasha === Anagrams === Samatha, shamata == Swahili == === Etymology === Borrowed from Classical Persian تماشا (tamāšā). === Pronunciation === === Noun === tamasha class V or IX (plural matamasha class VI or tamasha class X) festival, show, spectacle