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noun
A visual art form from Maharashtra, India, involving singing and dancing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any traditional indigenous public ceremony.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
Qualifier: colonial India
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History
Borrowed from Marathi तमाशा (tamāśā), from Classical Persian تماشا (tamāšā), ultimately from Arabic مَشَى (mašā, “to walk”).
