Etymology

bazaar

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Today it means: A marketplace, particularly in the Middle East and South Asia, and often covered with shops and stalls. Full definition →

Middle French bazar ← Italian bazar ← Ottoman Turkish بازار
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  1. Persian · derived fromبازار
  2. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromبازار
  3. Italian · borrowed frombazar
  4. Middle French · borrowed frombazar
  5. English todaybazaar

From Middle French bazar or Italian bazar, from Ottoman Turkish بازار (bazar), from Persian بازار (bâzâr).

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