tamashbeen
English
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[edit]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)
- (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.