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bazaars

[buh-zahr] Origin

ba·zaar

[buh-zahr]
noun
1.
a marketplace or shopping quarter, especially one in the Middle East.
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.
Also, ba·zar.


Origin:
1590–1600; earlier bazarro < Italian Persian bāzār market

bazaar, bizarre.


1. market, mart, exchange.

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Word Origin & History

bazaar
1580s, from It. bazarra, from Pers. bazar (Pahlavi vacar) "a market."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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