bazaar

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bazaar

/bəˈzɑː(ɹ)/ UK
/bəˈzɑɹ/ Canada, US
[bɪ̈ˈzɑɹ] Canada, US
/bəˈzɐː/ Australia, New Zealand
/bəˈzɑr/ South Asia
/ˈbɑzɑr/ South Asia
/-dʒɑr/ South Asia

Sounds like bizarre (weak vowel merger) · Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Middle French bazar or Italian bazar, from Ottoman Turkish بازار (bazar), from Persian بازار (bâzâr).

noun bazaars · bazar

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 ev

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: bazar, fair, store, fairground, market, stuff, haggling, base, outfit, horse-trading, raffle, junk, clutter, hell, excitement, ruckus

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noun marketplace

Español	bazar, mercado
한국어	시장 sijang, 바자 baja, 바자회 bajahoe
日本語	バザール bazāru, バザー bazā, 市場 ichiba
中文	市場 /市场 shìchǎng, 巴扎 bāzhā, 巴剎 /巴刹 bāshā, 八雜 /八杂 bāzá, 街市 jiēshì, 集市 jíshì
हिन्दी	बाज़ार bāzār, बाजार bājār, बजार bajār
Kiswahili	soko
Português	bazar, mercado
Français	bazar, foire, marché
Deutsch	Basar, Markt
Italiano	bazar, mercato
Ελληνικά	παζάρι pazári, αγορά agorá
Română	târg, bazar
Русский	ры́нок rýnok, база́р bazár, я́рмарка jármarka
Tiếng Việt	chợ
العربية	سُوق sūq, بَازَار bāzār
עברית	באזאר bazar

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@misc{bazaar_2026,
  title = {bazaar},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bazaar},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}