MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Tavassum mean?
Tabassum is an Arabic verbal noun for smiling that entered Urdu. The word describes a smile and is used in South Asian poetry as well as personal naming.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
तबस्सुम
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
तवस्सुम
11,006 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Tavassum in Indian usage
11,593 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (98%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 11,357 records (98%).
- Recorded as male: 236 records (2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,849 |
| 1980s | 5,304 |
| 1990s | 3,946 |
| Other decades | 494 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 8,736 |
| Bihar | 1,690 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 684 |
| Jharkhand | 199 |
| Rajasthan | 134 |
| Other states | 150 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001