bazaar

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[edit] Pronunciation

  • SAMPA: /b@zAr/, IPA: /bǝ'zɑɹ/.
    Rhymes: -ɑː(r)

[edit] Etymology

From the Italian bazarra, and the Hindustani (Hindi बाज़ार, Urdu بازار, "bāzār"); from the Old Persian vahā-carana (“‘sale traffic’”); from the Proto-Indo-European *wesā- ("to buy").

[edit] Noun

Singular
bazaar

Plural
bazaars

bazaar (plural bazaars)

  1. A marketplace, particularly in the Middle East, and often covered, with shops and stalls.
  2. A shop selling articles that are either exotic or eclectic.
  3. A fair or temporary market, often for charity.

[edit] Translations

marketplace
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