bazaar

or ba·zar

[ buh-zahr ]
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noun
  1. a marketplace or shopping quarter, especially one in the Middle East.

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

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

Origin of bazaar

1
1590–1600; earlier bazarro<Italian ≪ Persian bāzār market

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How to use bazaar in a sentence

  • In default of the usual bazaars OLeary had returned with the spoils of half a dozen pawn-shops.

    The Woman Gives | Owen Johnson
  • Opening out of this street are other bazaars, many very ancient, and each built for some special trade.

    Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt | R. Talbot Kelly
  • There was a deal of rioting in the bazaars that night, and many a measure of bhang and toddy kept the fires burning.

    The Adventures of Kathlyn | Harold MacGrath
  • As we are in Delhi for several days more we can go at our leisure through the bazaars, which really are well worth seeing.

  • For one thing, I get a free hand in the matter of subscribing to local bazaars and race-meetings.

    Hyacinth | George A. Birmingham

British Dictionary definitions for bazaar

bazaar

bazar

/ (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

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

Origin of bazaar

1
C16: from Persian bāzār, from Old Persian abēcharish

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