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bazaar is an Azerbaijani word which can be also seen in other languages like Turkish: pazar and Persian: بازار. bazaar is an area that is always used for shopping. It can be a market place or a street of shops where things are exchanged or sold.

The word bazaar is from the Persian word bāzār, this word itself comes from the Pahlavi word baha-char (بهاچار), meaning "the place of prices". Although the meaning of the word "bazaar" started in Persia, it has spread and is now used in many countries around world.

The world's biggest bazaar is the Grand Bazaar, Tehran, other well-known ones are the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, the Old Bazaar in Cairo, the Chandni Chowk in Delhi or the Anarkali Bazar in Lahore. Very often, banks, or moneylenders, cafes and mosques can also be found in a bazaar.

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Images for kids

  • The Moorish

    The Moorish Bazaar, painting by Edwin Lord Weeks, 1873

  • Sebah, Pascal (1823-1886) - Khan el-Khalili, Cairo - ca. 1880s

    Carpet Merchant in the Khan el Khaleel, from Georg Ebers, Egypt: Descriptive, Historical, and Picturesque, Vol. 1, Cassell & Company, New York, 1878

  • PS-Amman 6501

    Souk in Amman

  • Amadeo Preziosi - The Grand Bazaar - Google Art Project

    The Grand Bazaar, Istanbul, by Amadeo Preziosi, late 19th century

  • Old Bazaar of Prishtina 7

    The Old Bazaar of Pristina

  • Dubai 10-1002 - 18 - Deira Souks (5374042503)

    Souk in Dubai, the Deira Souks

  • Street Scene in India

    Troopers in the Bazaar, India, by Edwin Lord Weeks, 19th century

  • Teemcheh

    Timcheh Amin-o-Dowleh, Kashan Bazaar, Iran, c. 1800

  • Souk Al Milh, Sana, Yemen (4324865585)

    Cayenne peppers at a Souk in Yemen, the Souk Al Milh

  • Morocco Fes Camel

    Mule moving goods around in the car-free Medina quarter, Fes, Morocco

  • 'Claudius Bombarnac' by Léon Benett 28

    Bazaar in Samarkand, illustration by Léon Benett for a Jules Verne novel, 1893

  • A bazaar. Oil painting. Wellcome V0017599

    A Bazaar, Oil painting, Wellcome

  • Alexandre Defaux - The Bazaar, 1856

    The Bazaar, by Alexandre Defaux, 1856

  • Amadeo Preziosi - The Silk Bazaar - Google Art Project

    The Silk Bazaar by Amedeo Preziosi, late 19th century

  • Anton Robert Leinweber - Souk des étoffes, Tunis

    Souk des étoffes, Tunis by Anton Robert Leinweber, before 1921

  • Carpet Merchant in the Khan el Khaleel (1878) - TIMEA

    Carpet Merchant in the Khan el Khaleel, 1878

  • Cashmere Travellers in a Street of Delhi

    Cashmere Travellers in a Street of Delhi by Edwin Lord Weeks 1880

  • Charles Wilda - Inside the Souk, Cairo 1892

    Inside the Souk, Cairo by Charles Wilda, 1892

  • David Roberts bazaar coppersmiths

    Bazaar of the Coppersmiths by David Roberts, 1838

  • David Roberts Bazaar El Moo Ristan

    Bazaar El Moo Ristan, by David Roberts, 1838

  • Sanandaj Bazaar

    Bazaar in Sanandaj, Iran

  • Ancient covered souq, Aleppo, Syria

    Souk al-Madina in Aleppo, Syria

  • Suq Aftimos

    Muristan Souk entrance in Jerusalem

  • Marrakesh spices

    Spice Market, Marrakesh

  • Ouarzazate souk

    Ouarzazate souk.

  • Covered souks in Bur Dubai (5374108812)

    Covered souks in Bur Dubai

  • Medina Tripoli Libya

    Souk in Tripoli

See also

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