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bazaar

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Australian: /bəˈzɐː/
  • UK: /bəˈzɑː(ɹ)/
  • US: /bəˈzɑɹ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • South-Asia: /bəˈzɑr/
  • South-Asia: /ˈbɑzɑr/
  • South-Asia: /-dʒɑr/ affricated
  • rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)
  • homophone: bizarre (weak vowel merger)
  • CMU ARPABET: B AH0 Z AA1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A marketplace, particularly in the Middle East and South Asia, and often covered with shops and stalls.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A shop selling articles that are either exotic or eclectic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A fair or temporary market, often for charity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a sale of miscellany; often for charity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the church bazaar

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fair

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sale, cut-rate sale, sales event

Narrower terms: book fair, bookfair, craft fair

5

noun

Meaning 5

a shop where a variety of goods are sold

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bazar

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shop, store

6

noun

Meaning 6

a street of small shops (especially in Orient)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bazar

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: marketplace, market place, mart, market

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

148 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: аџьармыкьа (adžarməkjʼa) — marketplace
  • Albanian: treg — marketplace
  • Albanian: pazar — marketplace
  • Amharic: መደብር (mädäbr) — marketplace
  • Arabic: سُوق (sūq) — marketplace
  • Arabic: بَازَار (bāzār) — marketplace
  • Armenian: շուկա (šuka) — marketplace
  • Assamese: বজাৰ (bozar) — marketplace
  • Azerbaijani: bazar — marketplace
  • Bashkir: баҙар (baźar) — marketplace
  • Belarusian: ры́нак (rýnak) — marketplace
  • Belarusian: база́р (bazár) — marketplace
  • Bengali: বাজার (bajar) — marketplace
  • Bulgarian: паза́р (pazár) — marketplace
  • Burmese: ဈေး (jhe:) — marketplace
  • Catalan: basar — marketplace
  • Chechen: базар (bazar) — marketplace
  • Chinese: базар (bazar) — marketplace
  • Chinese: 巴剎 /巴刹 (pa-sat) — marketplace
  • Chinese: 市場 /市场 (zh-min-nan) — marketplace
  • Chinese Mandarin: 市場 /市场 (shìchǎng) — marketplace
  • Chinese Mandarin: 巴扎 (bāzhā) — marketplace
  • Chinese Mandarin: 巴剎 /巴刹 (bāshā) — marketplace
  • Chinese Mandarin: 八雜 /八杂 (bāzá) — marketplace
  • Chinese Mandarin: 街市 (jiēshì) — marketplace
  • Chinese Mandarin: 集市 (jíshì) — marketplace
  • Chuvash: пасар (pas̬ar) — marketplace
  • Cornish: basar — marketplace
  • Crimean Tatar: bazar — marketplace
  • Czech: tržiště — marketplace
  • Czech: tržnice — marketplace
  • Czech: trh — marketplace
  • Danish: basar — marketplace
  • Dongxiang: baza — marketplace
  • Dutch: bazaar — marketplace
  • Erzya: вацяр (vaćar) — marketplace
  • Esperanto: budaro — marketplace
  • Estonian: turg — marketplace
  • Faroese: basarur — marketplace
  • Faroese: basárur — marketplace
  • Finnish: basaari — marketplace
  • French: bazar — marketplace
  • French: foire — marketplace
  • French: marché — marketplace
  • Georgian: ბაზარი (bazari) — marketplace
  • German: Basar — marketplace
  • German: Markt — marketplace
  • Greek: παζάρι (pazári) — marketplace
  • Greek: αγορά (agorá) — marketplace
  • Ancient Greek: ἀγορά (agorá) — marketplace
  • Ancient Greek: λαύρα (laúra) — marketplace
  • Greenlandic: basaari — marketplace
  • Hajong: বাজাৰ (bajar) — marketplace
  • Hebrew: באזאר (bazar) — marketplace
  • Hindi: बाज़ार (bāzār) — marketplace
  • Hindi: बाजार (bājār) — marketplace
  • Hindi: बजार (bajār) — marketplace
  • Hungarian: bazár — marketplace
  • Hungarian: piac — marketplace
  • Icelandic: basar — marketplace
  • Icelandic: markaður — marketplace
  • Icelandic: torg — marketplace
  • Indonesian: pasar — marketplace
  • Italian: bazar — marketplace
  • Italian: mercato — marketplace
  • Japanese: バザール (bazāru) — marketplace
  • Japanese: バザー (bazā) — marketplace
  • Japanese: 市場 (ichiba) — marketplace
  • Javanese: pasar — marketplace
  • Kalmyk: базр (bazr) — marketplace
  • Kannada: ಬಜಾರ್ (bajār) — marketplace
  • Kaqchikel: k'ayb'äl — marketplace
  • Karachay-Balkar: базар (bazar) — marketplace
  • Kazakh: базар (bazar) — marketplace
  • Kazakh: нарық (naryq) — marketplace
  • Khmer: ផ្សារ (psaa) — marketplace
  • K'iche': k'ayb'al — marketplace
  • K'iche': k'ayib'al — marketplace
  • Korean: 시장 (sijang) — marketplace
  • Korean: 바자 (baja) — marketplace
  • Korean: 바자회 (bajahoe) — marketplace
  • Central Kurdish: بازار (bazar) — marketplace
  • Central Kurdish: باژێر (bajêr) — marketplace
  • Northern Kurdish: bazar — marketplace
  • Northern Kurdish: bajêr — marketplace
  • Kyrgyz: базар (bazar) — marketplace
  • Lao: ຕະຫລາດ (ta lāt) — marketplace
  • Lao: ຕະຫຼາດ (ta lāt) — marketplace
  • Latvian: tirgus — marketplace
  • Latvian: bazārs — marketplace
  • Lithuanian: turgus — marketplace
  • Macedonian: па́зар (pázar) — marketplace
  • Macedonian: ба́зар (bázar) — marketplace
  • Malay: bazar — marketplace
  • Malay: pasar — marketplace
  • Malayalam: ചന്ത (canta) — marketplace
  • Maranao: basar — marketplace
  • Marathi: बाजार (bājār) — marketplace
  • Mazanderani: بازار — marketplace
  • Mongolian: зах (zax) — marketplace
  • Mongolian: зах зээл (zax zeel) — marketplace
  • Nepali: बजार (bajār) — marketplace
  • Norwegian: basar — marketplace
  • Ossetian: базар (bazar) — marketplace
  • Pashto: بازار (bāzãr) — marketplace
  • Persian: بازار (bâzâr) — marketplace
  • Plautdietsch: Bassoa — marketplace
  • Polish: rynek — marketplace
  • Polish: bazar — marketplace
  • Portuguese: bazar — marketplace
  • Portuguese: mercado — marketplace
  • Romanian: târg — marketplace
  • Romanian: bazar — marketplace
  • Russian: ры́нок (rýnok) — marketplace
  • Russian: база́р (bazár) — marketplace
  • Russian: я́рмарка (jármarka) — marketplace
  • Serbo-Croatian: тржница — marketplace
  • Serbo-Croatian: трг — marketplace
  • Serbo-Croatian: пазар — marketplace
  • Serbo-Croatian: tržnica — marketplace
  • Serbo-Croatian: trg — marketplace
  • Serbo-Croatian: pazar — marketplace
  • Shor: мазар (mazar) — marketplace
  • Slovak: trh — marketplace
  • Slovene: trg — marketplace
  • Spanish: bazar — marketplace
  • Spanish: mercado — marketplace
  • Swahili: soko — marketplace
  • Swedish: basar — marketplace
  • Tagalog: tiangge — marketplace
  • Tajik: бозор (bozor) — marketplace
  • Tatar: базар (bazar) — marketplace
  • Telugu: బజారు (bajāru) — marketplace
  • Thai: ตลาด (dtà-làat) — marketplace
  • Thai: ตลาดนัด (dtà-làat-nát) — marketplace
  • Turkish: pazar — marketplace
  • Ottoman Turkish: بازار (bazar) — marketplace
  • Turkmen: bazar — marketplace
  • Ukrainian: ри́нок (rýnok) — marketplace
  • Ukrainian: база́р (bazár) — marketplace
  • Urdu: بازار (bāzār) — marketplace
  • Urdu: بزار (bazār) — marketplace
  • Uyghur: بازار (bazar) — marketplace
  • Uzbek: bozor — marketplace
  • Vietnamese: chợ — marketplace
  • Yakut: баһаар (bahaar) — marketplace
  • Yiddish: באַזאַר (bazar) — marketplace
  • Zulu: ibhaza — marketplace
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