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bazaar

UK/bəˈzɑː(ɹ)//bəˈzɑɹ/

bazaar noun: a marketplace, particularly in the Middle East and South Asia, and often covered with shops and stalls.

bazaar: a marketplace, particularly in the Middle East and South Asia, and often covered with shops and...
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Noun

bazaar (plural bazaars)

  1. A marketplace, particularly in the Middle East and South Asia, 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.
    • ...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.

All 21 example sentences with bazaar

Forms of bazaar

pluralbazaars
alternative form (obsolete)bazar

Plural of bazaar: bazaars

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

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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

  1. bayzes
  2. Bayán
  3. Bayánic
  4. baz
  5. baza
  6. bazaar
  7. bazaarlike
  8. bazaars
  9. Bazabde
  10. Bazabeel
  11. Bazalar

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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