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‖ tamasha East Ind.|təˈmɑːʃə|
Also † tomasha, -shaw, -sia, † tumasha.
[a. Arab., Pers., Urdū tamāʃā walking about for recreation or amusement, an entertainment, f. 6th conj. of maʃa(y) to walk.]
1. An entertainment, show, display, public function.
1623in Foster Eng. Factories Ind. (1908) II. 274 Nothing done more then a tomashaw. [1687A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. ii. 90 They stop at the meanest thing, to do that which they call Tamacha, (that's to say,) to consider and admire it.] 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 159 Two Englishmen were come to the Tomasia or Sight. 1863Trevelyan Compet. Wallah (1866) 104 He had invited all the English residents to a grand tumasha at his camp. 1872Mrs. Valentine Let. in Mem. viii. (1882) 135 The usual tamashas went on. 1888United Presbyt. Mission. Rec. Sept. 293 They had appointed pioneers to discover what the tomasha was to be. 1889Pall Mall G. 9 May 7/1 The people say to the Christian missionaries: ‘Yours is a very dull religion; there is not enough tamasha (that is, show or function) about it’. 1892Sat. Rev. 18 June 700/2 That very funny tamasha which is called a Convention in American politics. 1904Blackw. Mag. June 835, I thought the tamasha had begun and turned out to look. 1906Athenæum 26 May 635/1 The serious business of life..at..Khapallu..seems to be polo and tamashas.
2. transf. A fuss, a commotion.
1882F. M. Crawford Mr. Isaacs x. 213 Mr. Ghyrkins..wanted to know ‘what the deuce all this tamāsha was about’. 1923Kipling Land & Sea Tales 226 Why is there this tamasha (fuss)? 1964A. Swinson Six Minutes to Sunset ii. 24 Stewart..asked ‘What's all the tamasha about?’ 1981S. Rushdie Midnight's Children i. 30 Enough of this tamasha! No more of this..tomfoolery! |