bazaar

or ba·zar

[ buh-zahr ]

/ bəˈzɑr /

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noun

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

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.

Nearby words

bayreuth, baysmelt, baytown, baywood, bayyan, bazaar, bazaine, bazar, bazatha, bazin, bazin's disease

Origin of bazaar

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

SYNONYMS FOR bazaar

1 market, mart, exchange.

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Can be confusedbazaar bizarre

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Examples from the Web for bazaar

They had to go to the bazaar -- as the mall was then called -- and buy them.
Keep Christmas Commercialized!|P. J. O’Rourke|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Never mind the word "bazaar," which you pronounce as "bizarre" and Hassan pronounces as "buzzer."
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And Stephanie Seymour poses for 'Harper's Bazaar' with her boys.
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At the same time, your Turkish guide/driver would be talking you up, as if he was trying to sell you like a rug at the bazaar.
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The Superflat artist's fantastical creatures pose alongside model Angela Lindvall for Harper's Bazaar's December/January issue.
Harper's Bazaar Stars Takashi Murakami's Monsters|Lori-Lee Emshey|November 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The silk shops are the finest in the bazaar, but their contents are excessively dear, and are not very good.
The Catholic World. Volume II; Numbers 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.|E. Rameur
Alec used to bring him bazaar sweets, of which he was very fond, and sugar-cane.
Adventures in Many Lands|Various
She is organising a bazaar and asked Lady Jarvis to help at her stall.
Passing By|Maurice Baring
Her one thought in the whole matter had been to get as much pleasure and glory as possible out of the Bazaar itself.
Brenda, Her School and Her Club|Helen Leah Reed
Finally at the week's end the wool-merchant and his friends would all ride back with dignity to the bazaar.
In Morocco|Edith Wharton

British Dictionary definitions for bazaar

bazaar

bazar

/ (bəˈzɑː) /

noun

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

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

a shop where a large variety of goods is sold

Word Origin for bazaar

C16: from Persian bāzār, from Old Persian abēcharish

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Word Origin and History for bazaar

bazaar

1580s, from Italian bazarra, ultimately from Persian bazar (Pahlavi vacar) "a market."

bazaar

or ba·zar

noun

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bazaar

bazar

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