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

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

From BBC

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.

From Los Angeles Times

“We went to two bazaars in Jerusalem but then the war began and put a stop to everything for many months.”

From BBC

The crowded shopping bazaar in the Istanbul district of Esenyurt is popular with the thousands of Syrian refugees who live in the region.

From BBC

The nation’s war on drugs has largely failed, but that doesn’t mean police have to sit back as city streets become drug bazaars that flourish in plain sight day and night.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• marketplace 
• mart