A bazaar is a permanently enclosed marketplace or street where goods and services are exchanged or sold. The term originates from the Persian word bāzār, from Middle Persian wāzār, from Old Persian vāčar, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wahā-čarana. Souq is another word used in the Middle East for an open-air marketplace or commercial quarter. The term bazaar is sometimes also used to refer to the "network of merchants, bankers, and craftsmen" who work in that area. Although the current meaning of the word is believed to have originated in native Zoroastrian Persia, its use has spread and now has been accepted into the vernacular in countries around the world. The rise of large bazaars and stock trading centers in the Muslim World allowed the creation of new capitals and eventually new empires. New and wealthy cities such as Isfahan, Golconda, Samarkand, Cairo, Baghdad, and Timbuktu were founded along trade routes and bazaars. Street markets is the European and North American equivalents.
The origin of the word Bazaar comes from Persian language. Many languages have names for this concept, including Arabic and Urdu: بازار, Kurdish language has the same word bazaar meaning a marketplace. Albanian, Bosnian and Turkish: pazar, Assamese: বজাৰ (bôzar), Bengali: বাজার ,Odia: ବଜାର, Bulgarian and Macedonian: пазар, Cypriot Greek: pantopoula, Greek: παζάρι (pazari), Hindi: बाज़ार, Hungarian: vásár (term originates from Persian influence around the 7th-8th century and means a regular market, but special occasion markets also exist, such as Karácsonyi Vásár or "Christmas Market", and bazár or Oriental-style market or shop, the term stemming from Turkish influence around the 16th-17th century), Indonesian and Malay: pasar, Armenian: բազար, Georgian: ბაზარი, Polish: bazar, Russian: базар, Ukrainian: базар and Uzbek: bozor,Uyghur: بازار ULY:bazar,базар.
In North America, the United Kingdom and some other European countries, the term can be used as a synonym for a "rummage sale", to describe charity fundraising events held by churches or other community organizations in which either donated used goods (such as books, clothes, and household items) or new and handcrafted (or home-baked) goods are sold for low prices, as at a church or other organisation's Christmas bazaar, for example. In South Korea, the word '바자회', composed of '바자' (transliteration of 'bazaar') + 회 (會, meaning 'gathering') is used to describe the sort of rummage sale described above.
Although Turkey contains many famous markets known as "bazaars" in English, the Turkish word "pazar" refers to an outdoor market held at regular intervals, not a permanent structure containing shops. English place names usually translate "çarşı" (shopping district) as "bazaar" when they refer to an area with covered streets or passages. For example, the Turkish name for the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul is "Kapalıçarşı" (gated shopping area), while the Spice Bazaar is the "Mısır Çarşısı" (Egyptian shopping area).
Ingleburn Bazaar (held annually during the Ingleburn Festival)Shah Bazaar, KandaharShor Bazaar, KabulGrand Bazaar, HeratMazari Bazaar, Mazari SharifOlander Bazaar, YllibKhan Bazar, KhankendiKolkhoz (or Merkezi) Bazaar (Kolkhoz (Central) Bazaar), SumgaitKohna Bazaar (Old Bazaar), GanjaOrtulu Bazar, ShamakhiSharq Bazaar (East Bazaar), BakuSharq Bazaar (East Bazaar), SumgaitPasaj Bazary, AghdamTeze Bazar (New Bazaar), Baku8 Kilometre Bazaar, BakuYashil Bazar (Green Bazaar), BakuYeni Bazar, Shaki, AzerbaijanZanbil Bazar (Basket Bazaar), NakhchivanBhairab Bazaar, Kishoreganj DistrictBadshahi Chawk Bazaar, DhakaDasherjangal Bazaar, Shariatpur DistrictKachukhet Bazaar, DhakaKarwan Bazaar, DhakaKazir Dewri, ChittagongShanti Nagar Bazaar, DhakaNew Market Kacha Bazaar, DhakaMalibagh Bazaar, DhakaBanani Bazaar, DhakaKhilkhet Kacha Bazaar, DhakaMohakhali Bazaar, DhakaAmin Bazaar, DhakaMoulvibazar, Moulvibazar Sadar Upazila, Moulvibazar DistrictBosnia and Herzegovina
Baščaršija, SarajevoKujundžiluk, MostarGrand Bazaar, Urumuqi, XinjiangMonday Bazaar, Upal, XinjiangSunday Bazaar, Kashgar, XinjiangKhan el-Khalili, CairoHarbour City BazaarPetit BazaarOld City of Jerusalem - there are many Bazaars in the Christian, Muslim and Jewish Quarters. the Armenian one does not include Bazaar of its own.Mahane Yehuda, Central JerusalemOld City of Acre BazaarOld City of Nazareth BazaarBurra Bazar, KolkataBowbazar, KolkataLaad Bazaar, HyderabadSultan Bazar, HyderabadBegum Bazar, HyderabadShahran Bazaar, HyderabadMeena Bazaar, DelhiChawri Bazaar, DelhiKhan Market, DelhiArul Bazar, DelhiBhindi Bazaar, South MumbaiChandni Chowk,DelhiChor Bazaar, MumbaiZaveri Bazaar, MumbaiPondy Bazaar, ChennaiPalika Bazaar, DelhiBurma Bazaar, ChennaiSanjay Bazaar, JaipurBapu Bazaar, JaipurJohari Bazaar, JaipurNehru Bazaar, JaipurSadar Bazaar, AgraGandhi Bazaar, BengaluruChoudhury Bazaar, CuttackUnit-1 BadaMarket, BhubaneswarNua Bazaar, CuttackGole Bazaar, SambalpurBari Bazaar, MungerLalganja Bazaar, Uttar PradeshChess Bazaar, Mohali, PunjabSadar Bazaar, DelhiPasar Gambir, now Jakarta Fair, Jakartaid:Pasar Baru, Jakartaid:Pasar Turi, Surabayaid:Pasar Beringharjo, Yogyakartaid:Pasar Semawis, Semarangid:Pasar Gede Harjonagoro, SurakartaBazaar of BorujerdTabriz Bazaar, TabrizKerman Bazaar, KermanKermanshah Bazaar, KermanshahVakil Bazaar, ShirazKashan Bazaar, KashanTehran Bazaar, TehranSanandaj Bazaar, SanandajIsfahan Bazaar, IsfahanQaisarieh Bazaar, IsfahanKohneh Bazaar, AbadehKhan Bazaar, YazdKok Bazaar, AlmatyCentral Bazaar, AktobeBaraholka, AlmatySouq AlmubarikiyyaDordoy Bazaar, BishkekOsh Bazaar (Osh)Osh Bazaar, BishkekBazaars and Souks of Old Cities of Tripoli - The ancient city of Tripoli has two separate old towns, both of which have large, well preserved souks, bazaars and khans of various specialties.Souk of Old Quarter of ByblosSouk of Old Quarter of JouniehSouk of Old Quarter of AleyBazaars and Souks of Old City of Sidon - The ancient, Southern city of Sidon has a large and well preserved old town that is divided into the Muslim, Christian and Jewish quarters, each of which contains souks, bazaars and khans of various specialties.Souk of Old City of TyreBeirut Souks - After sustaining irreparable damage during the country's civil war, Beirut's ancient souks have been completely modernized and rebuilt while maintaining the original ancient Greek street grid, major landmarks and street names.Old Bazaar, BitolaOld Bazaar, PrilepOld Bazaar, SkopjeOld Bazaar, TetovoBukit Beruang Bazaar, MalaccaBazar Bukakbonet Gelang Patah,Johor BahruNamche Bazaar, NamchePurano Bazaar,KTMNaya Bazaar, KTMBishal Bazaar,PokharaAnarkali Bazaar, LahoreDhak Bazaar, ShikarpurNaulakha Bazaar, LahoreUrdu Bazaar, LahoreMochi Gate Bazaars, Walled City of LahoreQissa Khawani Bazaar, PeshawarMoti Bazaar, RawalpindiChowk Bazaar, MultanUrdu Bazaar, MultanUrdu Bazaar, RawalpindiUrdu Bazaar, SargodhaRaja Bazaar, RawalpindiSarafa Bazaar, RawalpindiShahi Bazaar, HyderabadSarafa Bazaar, HyderabadResham Bazaar, HyderabadUrdu Bazaar, KarachiTariq Road Bazaar, KarachiSarafa Bazaar, KarachiJodia Bazaar, KarachiMeena Bazaar, KarachiBohri Bazaar, KarachiSoldier Bazaar, KarachiZainab Market, KarachiNew Bazar, Novi PazarMadawala BazaarAl-Buzuriyah Souq in DamascusAl-Hamidiyah Souq in DamascusSouq Atwail in DamascusSouq Al Buzria in DamascusMathaf Al Sulimani in DamascusMidhat Pasha Souq in DamascusSouq Al-Attareen (Perfumers' Souq) in AleppoSouq Khan Al-Nahhaseen (Coopery Souq) in AleppoSouq Al-Haddadeen (Blacksmiths' Souq) in AleppoSuq Al-Saboun (Soap Souq) in AleppoSuq Al-Atiq (the Old Souq) in AleppoAl-Suweiqa (Suweiqa means "small souq" in Arabic) in AleppoSuq Al-Hokedun (Hokedun means "spiritual house" in Armenian) in AleppoGulistan Bazaar, AshgabatAltyn Asyr Bazaar, Ashgabat(These are bazaars in the English sense of the word and are referred to as "çarşı" in Turkish).
Arasta Bazaar, IstanbulGrand Bazaar, IstanbulSpice Bazaar, IstanbulKemeraltı, İzmirMahmutpaşa Bazaar, IstanbulSilk Bazaar, BursaUzun Carsi (The Long Bazaar), BursaAcik Carsi (The Openair Bazaar), BursaChorsu Bazaar, TashkentSiyob Bazaar, Samarkand
