تماشاخانه

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word تماشاخانه. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word تماشاخانه, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say تماشاخانه in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word تماشاخانه you have here. The definition of the word تماشاخانه will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofتماشاخانه, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Persian

Etymology

تماشا (tamâšâ, sight, beholding, spectacle) +‎ خانه (xâne, house).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? tamāšāxāna
Dari reading? tamāšāxāna
Iranian reading? tamâšâxâne
Tajik reading? tamošoxona

Noun

تماشاخانه (tamâšâxâne)

  1. playhouse, theater, stage
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 402”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎:
      حلقه زلفش تماشاخانه باد صباست
      جان صد صاحب‌دل آن جا بسته یک مو ببین
      halqa-yi zulfaš tamāšāxāna-yi bād-i sabā-st
      jān-i sad sāhib-dil ānjā basta-yi yak mō bibēn
      The loop in her locks of hair are a theater for the zephyr breeze;
      Look at the souls of a hundred wise men, bound there to a single hair!
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading