bazaar
UK/bəˈzɑː(ɹ)//bəˈzɑɹ/
bazaar noun: a marketplace, particularly in the Middle East and South Asia, and often covered with shops and stalls.
Noun
bazaar (plural bazaars)
- A marketplace, particularly in the Middle East and South Asia, and often covered with shops and stalls.
- A shop selling articles that are either exotic or eclectic.
- A fair or temporary market, often for charity.
- ...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...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...
bazaar meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
bazaar in Hindi
- marketplace
- बाज़ार bāzār, बाजार bājār, बजार bajār
bazaar in Tamil
- கடைத் தெரு, கடைவீதி, கடைக்கண்ணி
bazaar in Marathi
- marketplace
- बाजार bājār
bazaar in Urdu
- marketplace
- بازار bāzār, بزار bazār
More languagesFewer languages
- bazaar in Bengali
- বাজার bajar
- bazaar in Telugu
- బజారు bajāru
- bazaar in Malayalam
- ചന്ത canta
- bazaar in Kannada
- ಬಜಾರ್ bajār
- bazaar in Odia
- ବଜାର bajāra
- bazaar in Assamese
- বজাৰ bozar
- bazaar in Nepali
- बजार bajār
- bazaar in Pashto
- بازار bāzãr
- bazaar in Tagalog
- tiangge
- bazaar in Arabic
- سُوق sūq, بَازَار bāzār
- bazaar in Malay
- bazar, pasar
- bazaar in Indonesian
- pasar
- bazaar in Persian
- بازار bâzâr
- bazaar in Thai
- ตลาด dtà-làat, ตลาดนัด dtà-làat-nát
- bazaar in Vietnamese
- chợ
- bazaar in Myanmar
- ဈေး jhe:
Examples of bazaar in a sentence
- Chechias were for sale at the bazaar.
- She sent for a few rakhis from the bazaar and gave them to me.
- We should have the bazaars full of yakitori pitches and geishas in bamboo cages.
Forms of bazaar
| plural | bazaars |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | bazar |
Origin of bazaar
From Middle French bazar or Italian bazar, from Ottoman Turkish بازار (bazar), from Persian بازار (bâzâr).
Words formed from bazaar
Words that rhyme with bazaar
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- water bar
- char
- tar
- var
- AAR
- caviar
- lodestar
- Mullingar
- Myanmar
- scar
- ajar
- arr
- barre
- boudoir
- cigar
- cymar
- czar
- disbar
- gar
- guitar
- haar
- instar
- lar
- Loire
- noir
- NPR
- omar
- schwar
- their
- tl;dr
- tsar
- TTR
- upbar
- USSR
- yar
- -dar
- AGR
- alcazar
- armoire
- au revoir
- bahar
- baignoire
- Bashar
- beaux-arts
- beer bar
- Berger Picard
- Bihar
- bête noire
Questions about bazaar
- What does bazaar mean?
- Bazaar means a marketplace, particularly in the Middle East and South Asia, and often covered with shops and stalls.
- What is bazaar in Hindi?
- Bazaar in Hindi is बाज़ार (bāzār), बाजार (bājār), बजार (bajār). See Bazaar meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bazaar?
- Bazaar is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bazaar?
- Bazaar is pronounced /bəˈzɑː(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bazaar?
- The plural of bazaar is bazaars.
Words near bazaar in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bazaar (page history and authors); bazaar (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ବଜାର (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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