bazaar

or ba·zar

[ buh-zahr ]

noun

1. a marketplace or shopping quarter, especially one in the Middle East.

   Synonyms: exchange, mart, market

2. a sale of miscellaneous contributed articles to benefit some charity, cause, organization, etc.
3. a store in which many kinds of goods are offered for sale; department store.

bazaar

/ bəˈzɑː /

noun

1. (esp in the Orient) a market area, esp a street of small stalls
2. a sale in aid of charity, esp of miscellaneous secondhand or handmade articles
3. a shop where a large variety of goods is sold

Word History and Origins

Origin of bazaar¹

1590–1600; earlier bazarro < Italian ≪ Persian bāzār market

Word History and Origins

Origin of bazaar¹

C16: from Persian bāzār , from Old Persian abēcharish

Example Sentences

The outgoing chairperson, Chad's former Prime Minister Moussa Faki Mahamat, was content to be a trader in the political bazaar of the Trump-Biden years.

From BBC

Victoria Beckham has been presented with a prize at Harper's Bazaar magazine's Women of the Year awards by her 13-year-old daughter, Harper.

From BBC

“It felt my life was on pause until I returned to England,” Turner told Harper’s Bazaar in her first interview since finalizing her divorce from singer Joe Jonas last month.

From Los Angeles Times

Harper’s Bazaar also named Turner one of its 2024 Women of the Year.

From Los Angeles Times

Lamar, a Compton native, contemplated the personal meaning of his Drake diss track in a far-ranging conversation with “All the Stars” collaborator SZA for Harper’s Bazaar.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• marketplace
• mart