Meanings
plural bazaars · alternative obsolete bazar
- A marketplace, particularly in the Middle East and South Asia, and often covered with shops and stalls.
- A fair or temporary market, often for charity.
1 more example
...quoting a paragraph from the Morning Post which announced the intention of Lady Anne Granard, with her beautiful daughters, to preside at one of the stalls, at a grand fancy bazaar, in Kemp Town, which was expected to be the gayest scene and the most splendid assemblage of royalty and nobility ever beheld in Brighton.
1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], “(please specify the page)”, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 129–130
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Persianبازار
- Ottoman Turkishبازار
- Italianbazar
- Middle Frenchbazar
- Englishbazaar
From Middle French bazar or Italian bazar, from Ottoman Turkish بازار (bazar), from Persian بازار (bâzâr).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἀγορά, λαύρα
- ἀγορά (agorá)marketplace
- λαύρα (laúra)marketplace
Arabic سُوق, بَازَار
- سُوق (sūq)marketplace
- بَازَار (bāzār)marketplace
Bengali বাজার
- বাজার (bajar)marketplace
Bulgarian паза́р
- паза́р (pazár)marketplace
Catalan basar
- basarmarketplace
Chinese Mandarin 市場 /市场, 巴扎
- 市場 /市场 (shìchǎng)marketplace
- 巴扎 (bāzhā)marketplace
- 巴剎 /巴刹 (bāshā)marketplace
- 八雜 /八杂 (bāzá)marketplace
- 街市 (jiēshì)marketplace
- 集市 (jíshì)marketplace
Czech tržiště, tržnice
- tržištěmarketplace
- tržnicemarketplace
- trhmarketplace
Danish basar
- basarmarketplace
Dutch bazaar
- bazaarmarketplace
Esperanto budaro
- budaromarketplace
Estonian turg
- turgmarketplace
Finnish basaari
- basaarimarketplace
French bazar, foire
- bazarmarketplace
- foiremarketplace
- marchémarketplace
German Basar, Markt
- Basarmarketplace
- Marktmarketplace
Greek παζάρι, αγορά
- παζάρι (pazári)marketplace
- αγορά (agorá)marketplace
Hebrew באזאר
- באזאר (bazar)marketplace
Hindi बाज़ार, बाजार
- बाज़ार (bāzār)marketplace
- बाजार (bājār)marketplace
- बजार (bajār)marketplace
Hungarian bazár, piac
- bazármarketplace
- piacmarketplace
Icelandic basar, markaður
- basarmarketplace
- markaðurmarketplace
- torgmarketplace
Indonesian pasar
- pasarmarketplace
Italian bazar, mercato
- bazarmarketplace
- mercatomarketplace
Japanese バザール, バザー
- バザール (bazāru)marketplace
- バザー (bazā)marketplace
- 市場 (ichiba)marketplace
Korean 시장, 바자
- 시장 (sijang)marketplace
- 바자 (baja)marketplace
- 바자회 (bajahoe)marketplace
Latvian tirgus, bazārs
- tirgusmarketplace
- bazārsmarketplace
Lithuanian turgus
- turgusmarketplace
Malay bazar, pasar
- bazarmarketplace
- pasarmarketplace
Norwegian basar
- basarmarketplace
Persian بازار
- بازار (bâzâr)marketplace
Polish rynek, bazar
- rynekmarketplace
- bazarmarketplace
Portuguese bazar, mercado
- bazarmarketplace
- mercadomarketplace
Romanian târg, bazar
- târgmarketplace
- bazarmarketplace
Russian ры́нок, база́р
- ры́нок (rýnok)marketplace
- база́р (bazár)marketplace
- я́рмарка (jármarka)marketplace
Slovak trh
- trhmarketplace
Spanish bazar, mercado
- bazarmarketplace
- mercadomarketplace
Swahili soko
- sokomarketplace
Swedish basar
- basarmarketplace
Tagalog tiangge
- tianggemarketplace
Thai ตลาด, ตลาดนัด
- ตลาด (dtà-làat)marketplace
- ตลาดนัด (dtà-làat-nát)marketplace
Turkish pazar
- pazarmarketplace
Ukrainian ри́нок, база́р
- ри́нок (rýnok)marketplace
- база́р (bazár)marketplace
Urdu بازار, بزار
- بازار (bāzār)marketplace
- بزار (bazār)marketplace
Vietnamese chợ
- chợmarketplace
Yiddish באַזאַר
- באַזאַר (bazar)marketplace
Zulu ibhaza
- ibhazamarketplace
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Cite this entry
bazaar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bazaar
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