تماشا · تَمَاشِي — watching; a sight, spectacle (tamāšā kardan 'to watch')
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Arabic
تَمَاشِي
tamāshī/tamaːʃiː/
In Arabic
keeping pace with, going along with (tamāshiyan maʿa 'in keeping with')
Arabic says: مُشَاهَدَة mushāhada
Persian
تماشا
tamāšā/tæmɒʃɒ/
In Persian
watching; a sight, spectacle (tamāšā kardan 'to watch')
- Root
- م ش ي
- Pattern
- تَفَاعُل
Note. Persian tamāšā is usually traced to Arabic tamāshī 'walking together, strolling'; in modern Arabic the word means going along with something, never watching, which is mushāhada or furja.
Spelling. Persian ends the word in -ā; the Arabic verbal noun ends in -ī.
Sources: Dehkhoda · Moʻin · Wehr · Lane