Definition of Tamasha

1. Noun. A visual art form from Maharashtra, India, involving singing and dancing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tamasha

1. a public entertainment in India [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tamasha

tamaric
tamarillo
tamarillos
tamarin
tamarind
tamarind tree
tamarindo
tamarinds
tamarins
tamaris
tamarisk
tamarisk family
tamarisk gerbil
tamarisks
tamarugite
tamasha (current term)
tamashas
tambac
tambacs
tambak
tambaks
tambala
tambalas
tamber
tambers
tambon
tamborine
tambou
tambour

Literary usage of Tamasha

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. In Russian Turkestan: A Garden of Asia and Its People by Annette M. B. Meakin (1903)
"IN most of the towns a special tamasha was provided for our benefit. It consisted for the most part of instrumental music, singing, dancing, and acting, ..."

2. A Summer Ride Through Western Tibet by Jane E. Duncan (1906)
"THE big tamasha for which I had waited for several weeks was held on the 4th of September, and we had the prelude to it on the previous day when at noon the ..."

3. Vignettes of Kashmir by E G Hull (1903)
"THE tamasha. Amir of Kabul and her household, to a Dogra official of high standing and his household, and to the family and servants of one of the Kashmiri ..."

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