bazar
- noun
- /bəˈzɑr/
- Indian
- At the bustling bazar, shoppers haggled over spices, textiles, and souvenirs.
- bazar area
Examples
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We visited the local bazar where vendors sold fresh produce and handmade crafts.
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Enjoying the socializing, women relaxed and chatted until the buses came to take the Mohajerin women back to the Sadar Bazar area.
Academic text (2003) -
You're taking my mother and me to the Bara Bazar.
Fiction book (1992) -
Shop hunting in the busy alleys of Fancy Bazar Guwahati before the pujas was an experience in itself.
Blog text (16) -
He manages what the French call a bazar in Constantine, Algeria, in the years prior to national independence.
Fiction book (1991) -
When the first group of girls finished their long chant, two other groups of girls from the Sadar Bazar Mohajerin area, notebooks held up to read in front of them, started different Urdu chants simultaneously.
Academic text (2003) -
Every Friday, the bazar comes alive with colorful stalls and lively music.
Synonyms
An open area or building in a town where people buy and sell goods
A busy market with many small shops selling goods, often outdoors
An open-air market in an Arab town with many stalls selling food and goods
A market with many small stalls and busy crowds often in Arab towns
An open town area where people meet to buy and sell goods
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Etymology
The word bazar comes from the Persian word bāzār, which means 'market', and the same word became English bazaar. So a bazar is a busy place with many shops or stalls.