Gender Feminine & Masculine Usage Arabic, Urdu, Bengali Scripts تبسّم(Arabic, Urdu) তাবাসসুম(Bengali) Pronounced Pron. /ta.ˈbas.sum/(Arabic) /ˈt̪a.bas.sum/(Bengali) Meaning & History Means "smiling" in Arabic, from the root بسم (basama) meaning "to smile".