bazaar

Or ba·zar

[buh-zahr]

noun

1. a marketplace or shopping quarter, especially one in the Middle East.

   Synonyms: exchange, mart, market

2. a sale of miscellaneous contributed articles to benefit some charity, cause, organization, etc.

3. a store in which many kinds of goods are offered for sale; department store.

bazaar

/ bəˈzɑː /

noun

1. (esp in the Orient) a market area, esp a street of small stalls

2. a sale in aid of charity, esp of miscellaneous secondhand or handmade articles

3. a shop where a large variety of goods is sold

Word History and Origins

Origin of bazaar¹

1590–1600; earlier bazarro < Italian ≪ Persian bāzār market

Word History and Origins

Origin of bazaar¹

C16: from Persian bāzār , from Old Persian abēcharish

Example Sentences

Hristo Paskalidis, a retired bazaar worker from Istanbul, said he would like more representation for Greek Orthodox Christians in government jobs.

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The president pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the Silk Road online drug bazaar.

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Luxury hotels, villas and shopping bazaars are under construction there.

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Shops in its beautiful bazaars are opening again as people return to a city they fled to escape the bombs.

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Also present was Israel, which brought 34 companies to the arms bazaar last month — a measure of the surprising resilience of Israel’s trade with Arab nations amid the continuing regional turmoil triggered by Hamas’ Oct.

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Related Words

• marketplace 
• mart