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bazaar

or ba·zar

[ buh-zahr ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a marketplace or shopping quarter, especially one in the Middle East.
Synonyms: exchange, mart, market
a sale of miscellaneous contributed articles to benefit some charity, cause, organization, etc.
a store in which many kinds of goods are offered for sale; department store.

bazaar

/ bəˈzɑː /

Origin of bazaar¹

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

Origin of bazaar¹

C16: from Persian bāzār , from Old Persian abēcharish

They had to go to the bazaar -- as the mall was then called -- and buy them.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Half a dozen men sit on the floor in a grimy rented storefront in the crowded Khyber Bazaar.

Never mind the word "bazaar," which you pronounce as "bizarre" and Hassan pronounces as "buzzer."

He was talking about the talks as if this were a nuclear bazaar.

I arrived at the Grand Bazaar and planned to work my way over to the Aya Sofia and the Topkapi Palace.

They clattered through the outlying bazaar without disturbing a soul.

The standard of the Prophet was raised in the bazaar and a fanatical mob rallied round it.

The high-spirited girl had no idea of being thus disposed of in the matrimonial bazaar.

The pretty houses and the rich shops must be sought for in the bye streets near the bazaar.

I was obliged to put up my bed in the middle of the bazaar under an open verandah.

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