bazaar

UK/bəˈzɑː(ɹ)/US/bəˈzɑɹ/

nounB2+Common in everyday speech and writing · #7,788 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: bazaars

A bazaar is a market of many small stalls. The covered bazaar, wander the bazaar, a charity bazaar.

The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul has thousands of shops and has been trading since the fifteenth century. In Britain a bazaar is also a charity sale in a church hall. Note the spelling against bizarre, which is an unrelated word.

Definitions of bazaar

1nounbazaarA market of many small stalls.B2+
“We spent the morning wandering through the busy bazaar, bargaining for spices and carpets.”

bazaar is a market.

Where it comes from

Persian bazar means a market, coming into English through Turkish and Italian.

Persian
بازار
ota
بازار
Italian
bazar
Middle French
bazar
English, today
bazaar

From Middle French bazar or Italian bazar, from ota بازار, from Persian بازار.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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bazaar in the wild

Bazaari refers collectively to the merchants, bankers and craftsmen who work in a bazaar.
Bazaar
A number of bazaar districts have been listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites due to their historical and/or architectural significance.
Bazaar
The Grand Bazaar is a bazaar, located in Central Tehran, Iran.
Grand Bazaar, Tehran
The bazaar was added to the Iran National Heritage List on 24 October 1977, administered by the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran.
Grand Bazaar, Tehran
The Bazaar of Kashan is a bazaar in the center of the city of Kashan, Iran.
Bazaar of Kashan

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