ਤਮਾਸ਼ਬੀਨ

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تماشا بین (tamâshâ-bîn), compound of تماشا (“spectacle”) and بین, present stem of دیدَن (didan, “to see”).

Noun

ਤਮਾਸ਼ਬੀਨ • (tamāśbīn) m (Shahmukhi spelling تماشبین)

  1. spectator, onlooker
  2. someone interested only in amusement; epicure, rake, libertine

Further reading
  • “ਤਮਾਸ਼ਬੀਨ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਤਮਾਸ਼ਾ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
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