bazaar

American  

[buh-zahr] / bəˈzɑr /

Or bazar

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.

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bazaar British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of bazaar

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

Example Sentences

Now open 365 days, as the sign on Olympic Boulevard states, Santee Alley is our very own bazaar.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

The rapid fall in the value of the rial sparked the protests in Tehran's bazaar in late December, which soon spread across the country.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

Shopkeepers in the Tehran bazaar closed their stores and poured into the streets to protest the economic crisis, setting off similar demonstrations across the country.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

After coming to power in 1979, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini promised to “preserve” the bazaar and blamed the deposed shah of Iran for marginalizing the traditional market, parts of which are some 2,000 years old.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Khal Drogo and his bloodriders led them through the great bazaar of the Western Market, down the broad ways beyond.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

Related Words

• marketplace
• mart