bazaar
/bəˈzɑː
/noun
1A market in a Middle Eastern country.Hone your haggling skills in Tunisia's markets and bazaars when you travel with Burnside Travel....
- Lots of farmers markets, bazaars that were open on the street.
- The bazaars, colorful food markets and constant flow of border-hoppers provide absorbing spectacles.
Synonyms
market, market place, mart, exchange;
Arabic souk
1.1A fundraising sale of goods.We had to borrow furniture and had to fundraise with Christmas bazaars, sales of work, that type of thing....
- Easy Ways Products have been successfully sold through craft fairs, bazaars, horse sales and door to door throughout the county.
- When you wander into the Tabernacle Church Hall it reeks of bazaars and jumble sales.
Synonyms
fete, fair, jumble sale, sale, bring-and-buy sale, car boot sale, carnival;
fundraiser, charity event;
North American tag sale;
Dutch kermis
1.2 dated A large shop selling miscellaneous goods.The goods which were sold at the bazaar were divided in three categories....
- The streets are empty of passers-by, shops are shuttered, and bazaars are closed.
- David Patterson of the 785th Combat Stress Detachment from Minneapolis, Minnesota, a frequent shopper at the bazaar.
Origin
Late 16th century: from Italian bazarro, from Turkish, from Persian bāzār 'market'.
A Persian word for ‘market’ is the ultimate source of bazaar, which came into English from Italian bazarro that was in turn borrowed from Turkish.