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

Related terms

• ਤਮਾਸ਼ਾ m (tamāśā, “spectacle”)

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.