bazaar

1 a shop where a variety of goods are sold [syn: bazar]

2 a street of small shops (especially in Orient) [syn: bazar]

3 a sale of miscellany; often for charity; "the church bazaar" [syn: fair]

English

Pronunciation

Pronunciation

• SAMPA: /b@zAr/, IPA: /bǝ'zɑɹ/.

  Rhymes: -ɑː(r)

Etymology

• From the Italian bazarra, and the Hindustani बाज़ार / , bāzār; from the Old Persian vahā-carana, meaning 'sale traffic'; from the Proto-Indo-European *wesā-, meaning 'to buy'.

Noun

1. A marketplace, particularly in the Middle East, and often covered, with shops and stalls.
2. A shop selling articles that are either exotic or eclectic.
3. A fair or temporary market, often for charity.

Translations

• Arabic: (sūq)
• Bosnian: pazar , pijaca
• Croatian: pazar , pijaca
• French: bazar
• German: Basar
• Hindi: बाज़ार (bāzār)
• Hungarian: bazár
• Ido: bazaro
• Persian: (bāzār)
• Serbian:

  Cyrillic: пазар , пијаца

  Roman: pazar , pijaca

• Turkish: pazar
• Urdu: (bāzār)

A bazaar (), () is a permanent merchandising area, marketplace, or street of shops where goods and services are exchanged or sold. The word derives from the Persian word bāzār, the etymology of which goes back to the Pahlavi word baha-char (بهاچار), meaning "the place of prices". Although the current meaning of the word is believed to have originated in Persia, its use has spread and now has been accepted into the vernacular in countries around the world.

Examples

• The Grand Bazaar, Istanbul
• Bazaar of Tabriz, Iran
• The Old Bazaar in Cairo
• Tehran's Grand Bazaar
• Bazaar of Isfahan, Iran
• Chandni Chowk Delhi
• Chor Bazaar Mumbai
• Zaveri Bazaar Mumbai
• Anarkali Bazar Lahore
• Bazars of Walled city of Lahore
• Hampi Bazaarhttp://www.hampi.in/hampi-bazaar.htm, the 15th century ruined market of Vijayanagara capital
• Dordoy Bazaar, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

See also

• Suq
• Wet market

References

External links

• Iran Chamber Society on Architecture of the Bazaar at Isfahan
• 1911 Britannica article "Bazaar"

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